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Are you scared? Are you afraid of public speaking, heights, flying, change, or any number of inexplicable things?

Youre not alone. The level of fear in this country has never been higher than it is right now. But it isnt run-through-the-streets-screaming fear. Its not terror. Rather, this new fear is quiet and relentless. Its 3:00-a.m. feara strange sound from who knows where, a shadow, a feeling, a dread that has you pinned to the bed, waiting, praying, wondering whats out there and whether youre next. Its as pervasive as night itself. Its the futile struggle against the unidentifiable that causes helplessness. Indeed, the majority of those with fear will never try to confront or conquer it. Instead, theyll make excuses and apologies, and just learn to live with it.

Joe Kita was like that. He was functional, successful, for all intents and purposes normal. But the older he got, the more he felt plagued by worries and fears and doubts, some of which he could barely admit to himself. He saw his future contracting instead of expanding. And he finally decided to do something about it. He gave himself one year and set out to face his 12 biggest fearsnot from the safety of some psychiatrists couch but out in the real world. His goal was to discover, once and for all, what he was so damn afraid ofthe mother of all fears.

Heres a sampling of what he did: Drove a beat-up wreck in a demolition derby. Engaged in an airborne dogfight. Chased twisters in Tornado Alley. Served as a target for an aging knife thrower. Performed a stand-up-comedy routine before a raucous audience. Spent the night with Lizzie Borden. Went into solitary confinement at an abandoned prison.

From the fear of ghosts to the fear of death, from the fear of flying to the fear of being alone, from the fear of public speaking to the fear of car accidents and even the fear of God, Joe Kita faced it all. His is a journey of humiliation and heroism, of embarrassment and enlightenment, of absurdity and, ultimately, appreciation. It is a tale that is as full of wisdom as of wit, as profound as it is, at times, pathetic. You will be fascinated, and at the same time, you will find inspiration, laughter, and courage.

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