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Be Fearless: Change Your Life in 28 Days
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 with a it's worked on countless of his 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:
Define Your Dream List
Break Your Fear Pattern
Rewrite your inner narrative
Eliminate your fear response
Craft your fearless training plan
By teaching readers to use fear to their advantage and take important risks BE FEARLESS will make the impossible possible.
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 with a it's worked on countless of his 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:
Define Your Dream List
Break Your Fear Pattern
Rewrite your inner narrative
Eliminate your fear response
Craft your fearless training plan
By teaching readers to use fear to their advantage and take important risks BE FEARLESS will make the impossible possible.
- GenresSelf HelpNonfiction
288 pages, Hardcover
First published April 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
Meh. Lots of talk about the author and his experience and his clients and his dislike of traditional therapies. Was more distracting and annoying than helpful.
November 29, 2012
Won this on Goodreads. Thank you.
I don't know if I just don't appreciate the self-help genre, but I feel like this dredged up issues I didn't have. The first few chapters persuaded me to feel fearful, as if some trepidation is not normal in life. Sometimes I felt Alpert may have been too quick to publish this and should have shown trepidation himself.
The excercises seemed useful for a bit, but then more time consuming and in fact created more complexities in my life. They led nowhere.
I think this method could be useful if it was honed in on for a book about overcoming a particular fear, but the magic cure-all approach was fluff, and always is in the self-help genre.
There are a few good pointers and the title serves as a reminder everytime you look at it. "BE Fearless"! And it just may be that easy.
I don't know if I just don't appreciate the self-help genre, but I feel like this dredged up issues I didn't have. The first few chapters persuaded me to feel fearful, as if some trepidation is not normal in life. Sometimes I felt Alpert may have been too quick to publish this and should have shown trepidation himself.
The excercises seemed useful for a bit, but then more time consuming and in fact created more complexities in my life. They led nowhere.
I think this method could be useful if it was honed in on for a book about overcoming a particular fear, but the magic cure-all approach was fluff, and always is in the self-help genre.
There are a few good pointers and the title serves as a reminder everytime you look at it. "BE Fearless"! And it just may be that easy.
November 5, 2012
I won this book through Goodreads giveaways.
I felt this book promoted fear where fear might not of been occurring. I felt that Jonathan boxed all problems into his 5 step solution. It didn't feel like he took outside factor really into consideration. Like what if there is no jobs available or you don't have the money to go back to school. These factors are not based on fear they are based on circumstance.
Although I do believe in trying to turn the negatives into positives I don't believe that we as a society are negative because of one bad experience. I think that people believe the worst so that they don't get their hopes up. I think it is often more then one experience or the experiences of other that shape our negative thinking.
I felt this book promoted fear where fear might not of been occurring. I felt that Jonathan boxed all problems into his 5 step solution. It didn't feel like he took outside factor really into consideration. Like what if there is no jobs available or you don't have the money to go back to school. These factors are not based on fear they are based on circumstance.
Although I do believe in trying to turn the negatives into positives I don't believe that we as a society are negative because of one bad experience. I think that people believe the worst so that they don't get their hopes up. I think it is often more then one experience or the experiences of other that shape our negative thinking.
December 5, 2023
I wouldn't recommend this book for you to read.
I mean, yes, Jonathan Alpert's method could have been good and actually helped some people. But no, the "one method fits all" idea is not accurate. You need to work more for fearlessness.
In a lot of places it sounded as though Alpert was just trying to sell his method – there was a lot of "change your life in 28 days" and "change your life in one week" throughout the book.
He said a lot about his former clients and how he managed to "cure" them.
He also talked way too much about his dislike of traditional therapy.
I mean, yes, Jonathan Alpert's method could have been good and actually helped some people. But no, the "one method fits all" idea is not accurate. You need to work more for fearlessness.
In a lot of places it sounded as though Alpert was just trying to sell his method – there was a lot of "change your life in 28 days" and "change your life in one week" throughout the book.
He said a lot about his former clients and how he managed to "cure" them.
He also talked way too much about his dislike of traditional therapy.
July 14, 2024
Jonathan Alpert invites us to break free from fear and learn how to contro our lives. He presents a friendly process based on simple steps to overcome our fears. The book empowers readers to break free from their own fears and excuses to achieve their full potential. By setting clear, specific goals, facing fears head-on, and taking decisive action, Alpert gives us practical strategies to cultivate resilience and maintain a positive mindset. Emphasizing the importance of surrounding oneself with positive influences and taking calculated risks, the book serves as a guide to transforming one’s life through boldness and determination. Alpert's principles offer a roadmap for overcoming obstacles and achieving lasting success and fulfillment.
August 9, 2019
Great self help « change your life in 28 days » how about just change your life in one day....quite interesting!
September 4, 2019
I found this book to be inspiring and motivational!
October 25, 2024
love the psychology
Could have done without the graphic sexual examples. You can tell the author is very credible and overall info very valuable.
Could have done without the graphic sexual examples. You can tell the author is very credible and overall info very valuable.
April 25, 2025
I am Fearless 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
May 21, 2015
Despite the numerous criticisms of this book I gave it a go to see if it offered useful advice. I strongly agree that the author was biased in terms of therapists and the constant anecdotes were followed by tips, which proved to be confusing when I got to the actual program, it was information overload! The things I got from reading this book are: you emerge stronger after every obstacle you face, you should focus on things you can control and finally everyone has fear, it's what you do with it that defines you. The program was not helpful to me personally but I have already tested one technique of saying I'm 'excited' instead of 'nervous'. If you are looking for a more effective way to change how you think about negative events, read 'What to Say When You Talk to Your Self' by Shad Helmstetter, the book changed my life a few years ago and inspired me to do a project on self talk.
October 21, 2012
Sounds more like an ad campaign for Alpert and his counseling practice than anything helpful. Lots of details about how Alpert carries out "therapy", how he "fixed" people after years of them "stuck" in therapy with other therapists, how fearless he himself is. I kept reading hoping for something useful but then it ends abruptly with the "bonus" section, which can be accessible for free via Internet because it was recycled materials from Alpert's pieces in the Metro Newspaper. I mean, if you don't mind reading business infomercial and learn how a mental health counselor like Alpert shamelessly promotes himself, go ahead and buy this book. If you look for something thoughtful ,insightful, you won't find it in this book.
October 7, 2013
There is a wealth of practical advice and steps in this book that I think every grown adult should encounter at least once in their lives. They are applicable not only to resolving fear of things, but also in just making one's life better in every way; brainstorming, tracking, setting achievable goals and working towards them are good skills for everyone to have.
The writing was a bit dry/overly simplistic at times, but the book's fabulously practical information outweighed this. It's a very useful book and high recommendation to anyone looking to make a serious life change.
The writing was a bit dry/overly simplistic at times, but the book's fabulously practical information outweighed this. It's a very useful book and high recommendation to anyone looking to make a serious life change.
January 17, 2015
I thought it had some really good advice, made me feel like I wasn't alone with my fears. Yes, he did promote his type of therapy, and yes, he did talk about the fact that fears are normal. But he didn't promote fear....I just skipped over the parts that weren't applicable....wouldn't buy it but worth a read from the library.
June 8, 2012
*** I won this book as a goodreads first reads giveaway***
I read about 100 + pages and I just can't be bothered to read more of it. I totally agree with Amy (previous reviewer),and the more I read, I felt it was more like other psychologist-bashing and self tooting than any real helpful advice.
I read about 100 + pages and I just can't be bothered to read more of it. I totally agree with Amy (previous reviewer),and the more I read, I felt it was more like other psychologist-bashing and self tooting than any real helpful advice.
July 16, 2012
This book is a disgrace to the self-help industry. As a matter of fact, I have no idea why it is even listed under the self-help genre. Most of the book was for Alpert to trash other therapists and their works, promote himself and advertise for his brand of "therapy".
August 14, 2012
This book is a complete disgrace. The writer just publicized his method of theory. It can't be a self-help book. He didn't provide any clear structure on how to deal with fear.
September 10, 2012
Love this book, Love Jonathan.
October 15, 2012
A surprisingly good read. Though why it took 6 chapters and 121 pages to get to anything useful is beyond me.
April 27, 2013
Petty mind producing awful book. Full of criticism, negativity, and vague and hyperbolic statements. Perhaps recycling trash is more beneficial than recycling Alpert's columns in book form.
September 4, 2015
Highly recommend this book! Totally changed the way I will think and move forward in my life. Feel empowered now. I know my fears and can work through them.
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