Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Two Ideas About Fear of Which I'm Uninterested

I've read a lot of books on fear recently and when I note the word "books," I mean three books. And when I note the word "read," I mean finished one, got halfway through another, and just started a third one yesterday. I took notes on the first two and don't recall much at this moment. The third book has one underlying theme, which is included in its subtitle: courage. Courage is one thing I'm not interested in covering in my new book about fear and doubt. I'll also intend to leave out hope and faith as well.

The other area of fear I'd like to not focus upon is related to psychology and biology. While I may want to touch upon Hans Selye's "Fight or Flight Response" with regard to the "Stress Response," I won't be covering stress or stress management or what happens within as human beings when we face those "non-specific responses to the demands in our lives."

My book will cover creative ways to go from scaredy cat to top dog by using two powerful weapons in our arsenal of protective gear: knowledge and attitude. My hopes are to not use the word "courage" once in the book beyond explaining my reasons for not mentioning courage throughout the book.

Finally, hearing "it's been done before" is actually making me feel good.

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