It’s hard not to be a bit skeptical about self-help books.
Don’t get us wrong, there’s no doubting the power of the written word – but can a book really change your personality?
Jonathan Alpert believes so, and even if you doubt the concept of learning new patterns of behaviour from a text book, there’s no questioning the validity of his personal claim to having ‘over come fear’.
After a childhood marred by deformity and a speech impediment, he’s grown up to become a leading psychotherapists who appears regularly on prime television in the US.
But even still, can Alpert’s claim to ‘change your life in 28 days’ really stand up? The book, Be Fearless: Change Your Life in 28 Days, claims that in 5 steps it can help individuals achieve a state of ‘fearlessness’ without needing to pay for therapy.
To help you make your own mind up, we invited Alpert to give us 10 tips to becoming less fearful and more successful in your professional life.
They’re in the gallery below. Let us know what you think.
Be Fearless: Change Your Life in 28 Days is published 24 April on Hodder.