Chapter 1

The Big Deal About Worry

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If you're reading this book and you're from what is often described as the developed free world, let me ask you some questions:

How does it feel to be one of the wealthiest people to have ever lived on this planet?

How does it feel to know your life expectancy is higher than any other generation that's ever been born?

How does it feel to have the opportunity to travel and discover more of life's riches in a week than most people previously had in a lifetime?

Now let me ask you another question:

Why on earth, given the above, would anyone need to worry, feel anxious or suffer from stress?

But the fact is we ...

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