Fear is core to our brain's biology. Yet for thousands of years, wise men have warned: Fear is irrational. Don't listen to it.

The wise men are wrong. Fear is smart. Very smart…

Morning fog still cloaked the pines when the bomb exploded.

The blast stunned the Special Operators. They'd been parleying with a guerrilla chieftain. But now their ears rang with the screams of a child, wounded somewhere in the forest. How badly was the child hurt? Why had the bomb gone off? Who — or what — prowled in the misty trees…

They sold cars, skin care, refrigerators, insurance, and medical research. They had held their jobs for years, even decades. Yet they were all failing…

He began picking stocks in college. And he got good — extremely good…

We thought we'd give you a sneak peek at Chapter 3, which introduces the Primal Power of Emotion.

“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.”

What detail surprises you in this painting?

Imagine you're a former theater kid who finds professional success as a television actor and movie producer.

"Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."

"Where’s Papa going with that axe?”

What detail surprises you in this painting?

Anne-Marie noticed that no one looks happy…

Imagine that you're a hotel chef during the Italian liberation of 1944…

A stopped clock and a character fighting for their loved one…

“Everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father.”

The color of the sky in the far right windowpane is different than in the other windows.

Imagine that you've coached your basketball team to two consecutive national championships…

Image.

How gratitude powers protest songs.

“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert…”

“His fingernails are dirty.”

Abraham Lincoln and the lure of the American West.