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

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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.

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.

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. Lindsay999@aol.com

This book is a gift. I have been a minister and teacher for twenty odd years and I found within it's pages the essence of all the useful teachings the world has produced. This book was written to assist anyone who is making or about to make significant changes. It is also useful for those who are going through challenges and need some inspiration and motivation to move forward. I found the writing style easy to read and the information helpful. That's all I ask for in a book.

Don't waste your time and money with this one. David Smith makes his point about the so called "hugging the monster" in the first 20 pages. It can be summed up in a Nike commercial, "Just Do It". The rest of the 200+ page book is merely the vehicle for this egotistical, self-centered, ex-athlete turned motivational speaker (a poor one at that) to tell you all about his adventures which happened a LOOOOONG time ago. I've met him. Don't bother