Hug the Monster: How to Embrace Your Fears and Live Your Dreams [Hardcover]

David Miln Smith (Author), Sandra Leicester (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1996

An adventure guide and motivational speaker and a marketing consultant present guidance in, and insight into, overcoming one's fears and self-imposed limits to achieve one's dreams, with fifty-two exercises and illustrative personal anecdotes. 100,000 first printing. Major ad/promo.

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This is an action program designed to conquer fear. Motivational speaking comes quite naturally to David Miln Smith. His hip sense of humor, coupled with his remarkable life experiences, instantly captivates the listener. Enthusiasm overflows as he describes his personal metamorphosis from unfulfilled businessman to professional adventurer. The listener is mesmerized as Smith recounts his travels down the Nile, his solo trek across the Sahara Desert and his intercontinental swimming feats. Smith candidly presents a comprehensive, multi-step program to help the listener break through personal barriers. Smith's lack of inhibition provides a captivating and inspirational narrative. B.J.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 233 pages
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Pub; 1St Edition edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836213211
• ISBN-13: 978-0836213218
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,689,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Helpful, February 1, 1999

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This review is from: Hug the Monster: How to Embrace Your Fears and Live Your Dreams (Hardcover)

This book is full of useful tools to help one confront a specific fear. It has helped me in all facets of my life from career to relational. Get it. Absorb it. Apply it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to confront your fears and become better., April 1, 2004

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Kevin M Quigg (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hug the Monster: How to Embrace Your Fears and Live Your Dreams (Hardcover)

The authors and mainly Smith dwell on their vast experience to have their audience confront the fears which plague people. Since all people have fears which prevent them from moving on and up in life, Smith categorizes these fears and then tells the reader how to confront them. Confrontation of fears and overcoming them is easier said than done, so the author puts together a plan on how to overcome them. This is a sound way to overcoming difficulties in your life. For those who have some sort of fears (as all of us do), this is a plan of tackling those fears.
The one problem about this book is the author always dwelling on his own personal conquests of his fears. After the first dozen stories, one gets kind of tired of this approach. After reading this, I got the impression the author has a big ego. However the book gives you a plan on a way to confront your fears.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring affirmation, the perfect bedside book., October 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hug the Monster: How to Embrace Your Fears and Live Your Dreams (Hardcover)

Whoever wrote that other review must have a personal axe to grind. I don't know either one of these writers, and believe me, I found "Hug The Monster" to be not only a delight from beginning to end but also - finally! - a self-help book that actually delivers what it promises through exercises in overcoming fear that really can and do make a difference. I don't just keep a copy on my nightstand, I've given several copies as gifts to friends, and they've gone on to buy copies for their friends as well. My family has even tried some of the exercises as a group and learned a lot about ourselves and each other, while having a great time in the process. Seriously, don't miss this book! You'll be losing out on some valuable self-knowledge if you do. [e-mail]