The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits

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After thirteen years in the military, with four years as a Special Forces sniper, Ant Middleton is the epitome of what it takes to excel. He served in the SBS, the naval wing of the Special Forces, the Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, achieving what is known as the ‘Holy Trinity’ of the UK’s Elite Forces. His fear bubble technique got him through active service whilst facing enemy fire in hostile territory. If you have any knowledge of CBT or indeed some elements of Stoicism as a philosophy you will already recognize the focus of living in the moment and containing and controlling the emotion and maintaining a positive attitude. I think overall his advice is very good and it does work it we practice. He also had a lot to say about the 'victim mindset' and how prevalent this is in modern popular culture. I really couldn't agree more. But it's incredibly damaging. It helps us form our underlying perspective of the world. Our default mindset becomes one of deep fear, and that fear stops us living the lives we're truly capable of."

Where possible, fear bubbles should be as short as possible. Breaking a threatening situation down into multiple fear bubbles, and visualising each one “popping” or “bursting” as they are completed can help harness the fear for longer. Tiesa, yra kelios vertesnės vietos apie pozityvius/negatyvius žmones, bet, įtariu, tas dalis rašė kažkas kitas dėl akivaizdaus rašymo stiliaus ir vartojamos kalbos beigi žodyno skirtumų. Staying in that corridor doesn’t just mean remaining where you are, being the same person forever. It means you shrink. You get weaker. More pathetic. Fear is a magic shrinking potion. If you don’t learn to harness it, it will make you smaller and smaller and smaller.”Ants mindset is truly inspiring and even if you only take one strategy from him in this book it's going to help you. Enter the 1st fear bubble (round 1), when it’s done, imagine that bubble bursting and rest remain outside of any fear bubble

I didn't become fearless. I don't believe that's even possible. I feel fear all the time. Not only do I feel it all the time, I hate it. It's not that I've learned to conquer fear or enjoy it. It's that I've learned how to use it."Trypophobia, characterised as the fear of holes, has also been linked to a more generalised aversion to circular shapes such as bubbles. But what makes bubbles so disgusting? The answer may be found lurking just under the skin. Not to take away from his first book, but for me, this was so much more than I expected and really resonated with me. Without fear, there's no challenge. Without challenge, there's no growth. Without growth, there's no life.

Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he confronted fear on a daily basis, never knowing what lay behind the next corner, or the next closed door. Middleton’s book is highly readable. He cleverly intersperses his methods for facing and overcoming fear with practical examples of how he’s used it in his own life. This book is difficult to put down and an easy read with great ‘aha moments’ that you can apply to your own life. Relevant to all ages. Ant never thought the skill he learned to survive and thrive could be transferred and use by other people in different walks of life, but the proof is there. I loved Ant’s first book and for the most part I enjoyed this one. He has achieved some amazing things but why then try and create a model. The model isn’t even that well thought out it felt forced and just didn’t need to be there.

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Ant Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he confronted fear on a daily basis, never knowing what lay behind the next corner, or the next closed door. In prison, he was thrust into the unknown, cut off from friends and family, isolated with thoughts of failure and dread for his future. And at the top of Everest, in desperate, life-threatening conditions, he was forced to face up to his greatest fear, of leaving his wife and children without a husband and father. This simple technique can be used to harness fear, by training ourselves to postpone fear to the moment we actually need it. I’ll then take a deep look into the three kinds of fear: fear of suffering, fear of failure and fear of conflict.”