His skills and unique methods are a product of battling a previously unknown disorder:
Living most of his life with undiagnosed high-spectrum Asperger’s syndrome initially kept him feeling like an outcast in school from both his classmates and teachers. He’s admitted his early school experience was “a dark, uncomfortable place”. But instead of retreating into seclusion; it was this dark time that motivated him to analyze difficult situations and develop strategies to “make up lost ground”, and master the troubling times that most of the “normal” kids continued to struggle with.
Although he’s worked with people with disabilities, most of the requests for help come from “normal” people wanting strategies to deal with their fears and stumbling blocks, both personal and professional.
It wasn’t long before he realized:
“If I keep answering the same questions– why not write a book which will help far more people?”
The result was in the form of his first two books:
Your Fearless mind
And
Fearless mountain biking
Both are far from passive reads: exercises, challenges and deep introspection take up much of Your Fearless mind, and Fearless mountain biking is not only instructional, but also emphasizes the efficiency of learning something once, and finding the parallels in life that will benefit from the new skill.