Unlocking Your Inner Courage

Melvyn L. Fein

ISBN 10: 1633881695 / ISBN 13: 9781633881693

Published by Prometheus Books, US, 2016

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Courage is not just for heroes. It is a virtue that everyone can possess. This book will teach you how to develop the courage you never knew you had.Building upon his fifty-year career as a clinician and professor of sociology, Dr. Melvin Fein demonstrates why courage is the key to leading a successful life. He presents a five-step, reality-tested program that enables ordinary people to live up to their potential. Fein begins by explaining how to find "safe places" that provide a refuge from worries and threats. Then, with refreshing candor and common sense, he supplies tactics for tolerating fears and evaluating the best means of dealing with them. Next he demonstrates strategies that produce winning results.In our increasingly complex, middle-class society, there are few guarantees. Fein convincingly argues that self-reliance is the most dependable approach. Freedom from fear is liberating. But it must be earned. This book shows that this is not only possible, but within the grasp of the average person.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unlocking Your Inner Courage
• Publisher: Prometheus Books, US
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1633881695
• ISBN 13: 9781633881693
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 381 grams

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Synopsis

Courage is not just for heroes. It is a virtue that everyone can possess. This book will teach you how to develop the courage you never knew you had.Building upon his fifty-year career as a clinician and professor of sociology, Dr. Melvin Fein demonstrates why courage is the key to leading a successful life. He presents a five-step, reality-tested program that enables ordinary people to live up to their potential. Fein begins by explaining how to find "safe places" that provide a refuge from worries and threats. Then, with refreshing candor and common sense, he supplies tactics for tolerating fears and evaluating the best means of dealing with them. Next he demonstrates strategies that produce winning results.In our increasingly complex, middle-class society, there are few guarantees. Fein convincingly argues that self-reliance is the most dependable approach. Freedom from fear is liberating. But it must be earned. This book shows that this is not only possible, but within the grasp of the average person.

About the Author

Melvyn L. Fein is professor of sociology at Kennesaw State University and a certified clinical sociologist. He is the author of fifteen previous books, including Evolution versus Revolution: The Paradoxes of Social Change; Redefining Higher Education: How Self-Direction Can Save Colleges; Post-Liberalism: The Death of a Dream; and Human Hierarchies: A General Theory. Dr. Fein is also editor of the Journal of Public and Professional Sociology.