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How the Fierce Handle Fear: Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times
Every individual confronts reasons to live in fear--the economy, health issues, violence at home and around the world--the list multiplies by the day. Many of us are already mired in circumstances made all the harder by the accompanying burden of anxiety and fear. Sophfronia Scott maintains that learning how to handle fear is the most important skill a person can master. We don't have to expend our energy, or our lives, ruled by our fears. In How the Fierce Handle Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times , Scott suggests that a ''fierce'' approach is called for. She has assembled an assortment of the most ''fierce'' and successful business and life coaches, including Donald Trump and Jack Canfield, to share their tools for triumphing over the same fears that keep many of us from realizing our potential. Our ability to cultivate fearless behavior may well be the measure of our courage. This collection of 22 essays is the recipe for achieving true success and reaching our highest goals.
168 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2010
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Sophfronia Scott
13 books376 followersSophfronia Scott is a novelist, essayist, and leading contemplative thinker whose work has received a 2020 Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Office of the Arts. Her book The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton won the 2021 Thomas Merton “Louie” Award from the International Thomas Merton Society. She holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Sophfronia began her career as an award-winning magazine journalist for Time, where she co-authored the groundbreaking cover story “Twentysomething,” the first study identifying the demographic group known as Generation X, and People. When her first novel, All I Need to Get By, was published by St. Martin’s Press in 2004 Sophfronia was nominated for best new author at the African American Literary Awards and hailed by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as “potentially one of the best writers of her generation.”
Her latest book is Wild, Beautiful, and Free, a historical novel set during the Civil War. Sophfronia’s other books include Unforgivable Love, Love’s Long Line, Doing Business By the Book, and This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World, co-written with her son Tain. Her essays, short stories, and articles have appeared in numerous publications including Yankee Magazine, The Christian Century, North American Review, NewYorkTimes.com, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Her essays “Hope On Any Given Day,” “The Legs On Which I Move,” and “Why I Didn’t Go to the Firehouse” are listed among the Notables in the Best American Essays series.
Sophfronia has taught at Regis University’s Mile High MFA and Bay Path University’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She is currently the director of Alma College’s MFA in Creative Writing, a low-residency graduate program based in Alma, Michigan. Sophfronia lives in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
Sophfronia began her career as an award-winning magazine journalist for Time, where she co-authored the groundbreaking cover story “Twentysomething,” the first study identifying the demographic group known as Generation X, and People. When her first novel, All I Need to Get By, was published by St. Martin’s Press in 2004 Sophfronia was nominated for best new author at the African American Literary Awards and hailed by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as “potentially one of the best writers of her generation.”
Her latest book is Wild, Beautiful, and Free, a historical novel set during the Civil War. Sophfronia’s other books include Unforgivable Love, Love’s Long Line, Doing Business By the Book, and This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World, co-written with her son Tain. Her essays, short stories, and articles have appeared in numerous publications including Yankee Magazine, The Christian Century, North American Review, NewYorkTimes.com, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Her essays “Hope On Any Given Day,” “The Legs On Which I Move,” and “Why I Didn’t Go to the Firehouse” are listed among the Notables in the Best American Essays series.
Sophfronia has taught at Regis University’s Mile High MFA and Bay Path University’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She is currently the director of Alma College’s MFA in Creative Writing, a low-residency graduate program based in Alma, Michigan. Sophfronia lives in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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March 24, 2012
Twenty three authors have come together to help entrepreneurs move past fear and embrace individual responsibility for change. How The Fierce Handle Fear - Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times is a compilation of 'secrets' from thought leaders who have succeeded even in the face of fear. The book is designed to provide help and hope for entrepreneurs and small business owners especially in this turbulent time.
How The Fierce Handle Fear - Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times details personal stories, proven techniques and tips on how each contributor handled fear and pushed through it. The book demonstrates that even the most successful business people, including Donald Trump and Jack Canfield experience fear just like everyone else.
How The Fierce Handle Fear - Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times details personal stories, proven techniques and tips on how each contributor handled fear and pushed through it. The book demonstrates that even the most successful business people, including Donald Trump and Jack Canfield experience fear just like everyone else.
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