While conducting life-threatening missions in the world's hot spots, whether capturing enemy ships or rescuing hostages, he learned to master the natural panic of facing a threat. Webb developed and taught a training programme for Special Forces snipers, where he paid special attention to the five stages of fear management - they are included in this book. After leaving the military, he used the skills he acquired to create and lead a multimillion-dollar media business. Civilian life, of course, is not as dangerous as a mission in the Afghan desert, but the feeling of fear is still very much in evidence here.

Based on his own unique experience and the stories of his famous friends and participants of his podcast The Power of Thought, the author in his new book teaches how to turn fear into an ally. "You can be a prisoner of your fear," says Webb, "or it can become a catapult that launches you to your dreams. The main thing here is not to fight fear, but first of all to understand it.