Be Fearless: Change Your Life in 28 Days [Hardcover]

Jonathan Alpert (Author), Alisa Bowman (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2012

Most people have something that gnaws at them at night, a mess or unrealized dream somewhere in their lives that causes them to feel stuck, out of control, overwhelmed, incomplete, and dissatisfied. They want to run away, back away, and ignore what they fear--whether it's a demanding boss, unsatisfying sex life, or distant love interest, but they can't. The fear finds them anyway. It's always there, and it's the source of all of their unhappiness. It's what lies behind every problem, and it's what stands between them and the lives they were meant to live.

Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert wants readers to know one thing: you can face your fear and create your ultimate life-and you can do it quickly. You can find your dream job. You can end that dead end relationship and get the love you want and deserve. You can overcome perfectionism, procrastination, panic, worry, rejection, failure, excuses and even the people in your life who keep telling you that you can't. You can turn your dreams into reality. You can find happiness, success and love. And you don't need years of therapy or even medications to do it.

BE FEARLESS is a 5 step plan that is guaranteed to transform the fearful into fearless. It's based on a revolutionary formula developed by Jonathan Alpert, and it's worked on countless patients whose amazing stories are told throughout the book.

In as few as 3 weeks readers will transform their lives using the 5 step program:

1. Define Your Dream Life
2. Break Your Fear Pattern
3. Rewrite Your Inner Narrative
4. Eliminate Your Fear Response
5. Live Your Dream

By teaching readers to use fear to their advantage and take important risks BE FEARLESS will make the impossible possible.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A powerful book that will change your life."
--Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"In BE FEARLESS, Alpert shows you not only how to overcome your fear of failure, but also how to eliminate any negative forces that have been preventing you from achieving any
goal you've ever set or any dream you've ever had."
--Dan Jansen, Olympic gold medalist, speed skater

"BE FEARLESS offers a clear, practical, and empowering way to overcome
negative thoughts, defeat your fear demons, and find your true
strengths."  --Ira M. Sacker, M.D., coauthor of the bestselling Dying to Be
Thin and author of Regaining Your Self

"Jumpstart any aspect of your life with this concrete action plan. In a
world filled with an endless stream of opportunities to connect with
others, Jonathan Alpert provides readers with an invaluable opportunity
to tune out the noise and tune in to themselves."  --Ian Kerner, Ph.D, New York Times bestselling author of Sex Recharge

"I don't usually like books with lots of steps and promises
to change your life.  But in this case, Alpert
got it right. Because you can't think your way out of fear, you have to act
your way through it. Don't be afraid to read this book."
--Peter Bregman, author of 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus and Get the Right Things Done

Praise for BE FEARLESS:

"A powerful book that will change your life."

---Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"BE FEARLESS offers a clear, practical, and empowering way to overcome negative thoughts, defeat your fear demons, and find your true strengths."

---Ira M. Sacker, M.D., coauthor of the bestselling Dying to Be Thin and author of Regaining Your Self

"In BE FEARLESS, Alpert shows you not only how to overcome your fear of failure, but also how to eliminate any negative forces that have been preventing you from achieving any goal you've ever set or any dream you've ever had."

---Dan Jansen, Olympic gold medalist, speed skater

"Jumpstart any aspect of your life with this concrete action plan. In a world filled with an endless stream of opportunities to connect with others, Jonathan Alpert provides readers with an invaluable opportunity to tune out the noise and tune in to themselves."

---Ian Kerner, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of Sex Recharge

"I don't usually like books with lots of steps and exercises and promises to change your life in a certain number of days. But in this case, Alpert got it right. Because you can't think your way out of fear, you have to act your way through it. Don't be afraid to read this book."

---Peter Bregman, author of 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

From the Inside Flap

How long have you wanted to change your life? How many years have you been dreaming of
starting your own business, reaching that fitness goal, or finding and marrying the love of your life? If you are like many people, it's been quite awhile. Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert wants you to have the life you want and deserve, and he wants you to have it now.

BE FEARLESS is a revolutionary five-step plan that grew out of Alpert's own experience. Once an awkward and painfully shy guy, Alpert is now a fearless psychotherapist. His unique understanding of the fearful mind has allowed him to change the lives of countless people.
With his life-transforming program:

One question frees you from the emotional paralysis
that has been keeping you stuck.
Five steps form a bridge between the life you
have and the life you want.
Twenty-eight days give you the results that, until
now, have been so elusive.

You can overcome negativity, perfectionism, procrastination, panic, worry, rejection, failure,
excuses and even the people in your life who keep telling you that you can't. You can turn your dreams into reality. You can find happiness, success and love, and you don't need years of therapy or anxiety-numbing medications to do it.

BE FEARLESS shows you that the difference between the unfulfilled and the fulfilled isn't the presence or the absence of fear, it's what you do with it. The unfulfilled feel fear and give up. The fulfilled feel it and use it to their advantage.

BE FEARLESS helps you face that fear and use it to drive you toward success.
By following the BE FEARLESS program, you will:

✹ Find the courage to be who you really are,
rather than the person you think others want you
to be.
✹ Take strategic action at home, in career and in
relationships so you can reach your true potential.
✹ Achieve what you once thought impossible.
It's time. Stop waiting and start
reading.
Change your life now!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Center Street (April 24, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1455513415
• ISBN-13: 978-1455513413
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Not helpful at all May 17, 2012

By ABC

Format:Hardcover

The book started off with rather baseless claims about his "paradoxical", "counterintuitive" yet effective therapy approach. However as you read on, it doesn't offer any thing concrete or thoughtful.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Not enough materials to fill a book May 18, 2012

By Ha T. Nguyen

Format:Hardcover

I really wanted to like this book because fears are the major blockage in life. However, the authors promised way more they can deliver with the contents. That is not to mention the insulting tone towards other therapists and patients in long-term therapy.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars can't swallow this May 18, 2012

By Tina

Format:Hardcover

This book, from the title and the first few pages,promotes quick fixes and fast results (e.g within 7 days having fearful pattern broken etc...), but almost the first half of the book was to talk about problems before it finally got to the essence and "how-to". It's rather appalling that this kind of book even got publishedFinally the idea of using fears and uncertaity to one's advantage isn't that new. Jonathan Fields wrote a book about it. Check this out and decide for yourself whether you want to waste your money on this nonsense.