I love the "hold that though" suggestion!
To ask a "higher self" anything, you first need to want to, and that is the key. Simply watching yourself think or noticing when you're getting angry (and any other supposedly unwanted emotion) is the crucial first step. Turning it around momentarily is not that hard once you can stop yourself to try. The hard part for lasting improvement is figuring out why you wanted to get angry in the first place so that you can prevent from getting angry again at all.
When people get angry, they also are choosing THAT first. Don't just choose to get un-angry after the fact, figure out why you like getting angry (you like being a victim, you like the power of anger over someone else, etc) and choose to change that too.
Stephen
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