Book
Mastering fear : a Navy SEAL's guide
Publication Information
New York, New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2018]
Physical Description
vii, 211 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
As a Navy SEAL, Webb learned how to manage the natural impulse to panic in the face of terrifying situations. As media CEO and national television commentator, he has learned how to apply those same skills in civilian life. Now Webb shows how people from all walks of life can stretch and transcend their boundaries and learn to use their fears as fuel to achieve more than they ever thought possible. The key is not to fight fear or try to beat it back, but to embrace and harness it. -- adapted from Amazon.com info
"'Fear is a lot like fire. When it's out of control, fire is destructive. Learn how to use it, and you can change the course of your destiny.' When Brandon Webb left home at sixteen and then joined the Navy SEALs, he learned an invaluable lesson about fear. Not how to eliminate it--how to master it. After leaving the military, he took that lesson into civilian life and business, with exceptional results. Webb also showed that anyone can master fear by sharing his insights with his friend Kamal, who suffered from a deep, lifelong aversion to swimming. For years, swimming teachers had tried to convince Kamal that 'it's not scary at all!' Webb, on the other hand, embraced Kamal's fear and used it as a motivator. With just a few days of Webb's coaching, Kamal went from holding desperately on to the pool's edge, to treading water, to swimming laps and doing cannonballs. Drawing on his wide range of experiences along with colorful anecdotes from his vast network of high-achieving friends, Webb shows how you, too, can stretch your boundaries and use your fears as fuel to achieve more than you ever thought possible. His counterintuitive advice includes: *Stay in your comfort zone, at least at first. If you first master your fears on a small scale and within safe parameters, you'll develop the tools to go big. *Understand that safety is an illusion. Accepting that complete safety is a fantasy frees you to embrace those risks that are worth it, and to do so with passion and abandon. *Keep your ego in check. When your ego is in charge, it can steer your decision making in the wrong direction. Turn down the volume on your subjective feelings, and you'll start hearing the far more reliable voice of your gut. Webb breaks down the process of harnessing fear into five practical steps that will lead you to greater courage and self-mastery."--Dust jacket.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Introduction: In the pool
- Roadmap: the battle is in your mind
- Decision
- Rehearsal
- Letting go
- Jumping off
- Knowing what matters
- Conclusion: Solo flight.