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    The Thing You Think You Cannot Do: Thirty Truths You Need to Know Now About Fear and Courage
    The Thing You Think You Cannot Do: Thirty Truths You Need to Know Now About Fear and Courage
    The Thing You Think You Cannot Do: Thirty Truths You Need to Know Now About Fear and Courage
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    The Thing You Think You Cannot Do: Thirty Truths You Need to Know Now About Fear and Courage

    Written by Dr. Gordon Livingston

    Narrated by Sean Runnette

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    "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."-Eleanor Roosevelt. What are we afraid of and what can we do about it? Fear-of change, of intimacy, of loss, of the unknown-has become a corrosive influence in modern life, eroding our ability to think clearly. Exploited for power by politicians and for money by the media, it has become embedded in the way we think about our lives. Overcoming our fear, says Gordon Livingston, constitutes the most difficult struggle we face. Dr. Livingston, a psychiatrist, has increasingly found himself prescribing virtues like courage to his patients instead of tranquilizers or antidepressants. Here, he presents us with thirty truths that tell us all what we need to do to develop personal virtues in the face of societal and our own individual fears. And he does this with the crystalline prose and leavening wit that have made him an internationally bestselling author. As the celebrated novelist Mark Helprin has said of Dr. Livingston: "To read him is to trust him and to learn, for his life has been touched by fire, and his motives are absolutely pure."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateApr 10, 2012
    ISBN9781608149889
    The Thing You Think You Cannot Do: Thirty Truths You Need to Know Now About Fear and Courage

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    • 3/5
      Nice little book to read. Didn't agree with many things the author stated, but found practical wisdom in several chapters.

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    • 5/5
      Well written, this author is educated and his writing is very insightful. Well narrated!
    • 5/5
      A beautifully written book. Exploratory, captivating and eye opening topics discussed. Emotive narration. Thank you.