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    Fear: The Friend of Exceptional People

    By Geoff Thompson

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    Don't let fear hold you back from achieving everything you want to - let Geoff Thompson, author of "Watch My Back" and "The Elephant and the Twig", show you how to make fear your friend. Once a doorman at some of Britain's roughest nightclubs and now a world-renowned martial artist, Geoff has had more to be frightened of than most. Here he shares his secrets for overcoming your fears to help you live life to the max. From spiders to public speaking, job interviews to physical conflict, Geoff takes you through proven techniques of combating whatever it is you're afraid of. This work helps you to: understand your physical reactions to fear and how they can be used to your advantage; overcome the negative feelings that make you think you can't succeed; and, learn methods to defeat your fears with Geoff's unique Fear Pyramid system.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale Publishers Ltd
    Release dateFeb 12, 2006
    ISBN9781783724451
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    • 2/5
      Excellent, just simply excellent a well written book, which is very applicable to life.
    • 3/5
      Things I liked:

      - Easy language, plenty of examples. Step models about breaking down fear seemed good.

      Things I thought could be better:

      - Sometimes seemed like he was trying to talk like a scientist (which I thought was weak) vs arguments based on his own experience and approaches (which I thought was stronger).
      - I would have enjoyed more examples/interviews from the office-workplace vs physical-combat domain (and it's extensions like army, police etc).

      Lessons learned

      - Adrenaline is often misinterpreted as 'fear' when in fact it is just a biological sub process that alerts us to an active context for fight/flight.
      - Take action to mitigate the impact of fear.
      - Action vs 'right action', don't get sucked into analysis/paralysis.

      Questions
      - How to take action in a non-combat scenario (easy, low impact actions to take).
      - OODA Loops (Observe Orient Decide Act).