Comments on: Review of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

By: Joshua Uebergang aka "Tower of Power"

Joshua Uebergang aka "Tower of Power" — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:12:35 +0000

In reply to Anna.

Hi Anna. Thanks for your comment. “If it was that easy there wouldn’t be a need for the book in the first place…” Feeling the fear and doing it anyway is a simple concept, but far from simple to implement. You’re mixing simplicity with resolution. Something simple to understand is not always easy to fix.

A slip of the tongue or an embarrassing commented to someone cute is no different with what you described about parachuting. We fabricate what won’t happen.

When you do it anyway, no feedback has to be negative. Recommend you read: https://www.towerofpower.com.au/review-of-mind-lines-by-michael-hall-and-bobby-bodenhamer

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:36:09 +0000

This review feels at odds with the rest of the website. Feel the fear and do it anyway is a glib piece of advice. If it was that easy there wouldn’t be a need for the book in the first place, and you wouldn’t have a market for expensive courses. The problem is that when you “do it anyway” and the feedback is negative, this reinforces the fear, because you realise that by “doing it anyway” you have made things worse. You have humiliated yourself yet again, and now even more people think you are a jerk. It would work for parachute jumping; because the truth is that the parachute, except in maybe one case in a billion, is going to protect you from harm. So you will feel huge fear but deep down you know you won’t come to any harm so you can push yourself and jump; then it’s OK because nothing bad happens. And because nothing bad happens it is a little bit easier the next time.

By: Denise Benson

Denise Benson — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:56:42 +0000

Hi Joshua,

Really great review on this book. I read this book a long time ago and it is great. I must say that at the time, I was going through life experiences that caused a lot of fear and this book actually helped me make it through.

Thanks for sharing,
Denise

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