The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing . . . and Love

The Fear Project was truly a pleasure to read. Part personal story, part investigation into the phenomenon of fear, the book gives just enough of the former to keep it interesting and relatable and just enough of the latter to teach you a little something as you read. And even though Yogis frames much of the book through surfing, which he adores, it was the universality of fear that struck me: the mental processes surrounding it, the way it manifests, the patterns it drags us into. I’ve never been on a surfboard, but I had no trouble feeling like I understood what Yogis was talking about. Definitely worth the read!

Really interesting mix of science with a story of personal growth. Always take away so much from his writing in whatever the form. One of my favourite writers.