[vexvelour]

1. Zen and the Art of Poker is a great book. This was my first step taking charge of my emotions in a poker game.

2. I think Dov's advice is fantastic. I implement a routine similar to this in my games and it really helps. The hardest part about this is recognizing when you're starting to tilt (and I define tilt several different ways: impatience, tiredness, bad beats, so on).

3. Bankroll is so important. I'm sure this is self-explanitory. You can't win money if you're defending your last $10.

Lastly, you mention a upswing tilt. This is great, but sounds dangerous to me. Once you've caught a few bad beats you'll define yourself as on bad tilt when it may not be so.