Gavin de Becker
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| Title | : | The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence |
| Author | : | Gavin de Becker |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | July 2000 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Psychology. Self Help. Crime. True Crime |
Description As Books The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
True fear is a gift.Unwarranted fear is a curse.
Learn how to tell the difference.
A date won't take "no" for an answer. The new nanny gives a mother an uneasy feeling. A stranger in a deserted parking lot offers unsolicited help. The threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves, by learning to trust—and act on—our gut instincts.
In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the nation's leading expert on violent behavior, shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger—before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, de Becker, whose clients include top Hollywood stars and government agencies, offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love, including how to act when approached by a stranger, when you should fear someone close to you, what to do if you are being stalked, how to uncover the source of anonymous threats or phone calls, the biggest mistake you can make with a threatening person, and more. Learn to spot the danger signals others miss. It might just save your life.
Present Books Concering The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
| Original Title: | The Gift of Fear |
| ISBN: | 0747538352 (ISBN13: 9780747538356) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.19 From 27419 Users | 2996 ReviewsEvaluation About Books The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the undercurrent of violence in our society today. If you have a child going away to college give this book to them the summer before they leave...you will feel better.***NO SPOILERS***Something about the title and cover design of The Gift of Fear gives the impression that its a self-help book about self-defense. It isnt. The only good thing on the cover is the quotation separating title from subtitle: This Book Can Save Your Life. Thats true. The author is a specialist in security issues and threat assessment who owns a successful private security firm in Los Angeles called Gavin de Becker & Associates. His clients include many high profile figures. (A
I wish I could make all young women read this book. Everyone should read it, but the parts about partner abuse and avoiding stalkers and pushy men and keeping yourself safe in relationships were so good. I loved how he talks not just to women about keeping themselves safe, but also addresses the broader cultural messages we give to men to never give up and to not take no as a final answer. No is a complete sentence, he says. Exactly right. I loved his many examples of how our fear can guide us
The more I think about this book, the more impressed I feel with how useful it is. So often, information about avoiding danger that is given to people, particularly women, is unhelpful, dangerous, sexist, and/or serves only to feed into paranoia.De Becker, in contrast, draws a strong distinction between the culture of fear that we live in (where TV news and email forwards cultivate fear of dangers that are unlikely to occur), and fear as an instinctive tool one can use to protect oneself. He
How had I never heard of this before??? Why were you all keeping this book a secret from me??? This book is so fantastic. There are so many things I want to say to you about it, but mostly just read it.Im pretty much obsessed with Gavin de Becker after reading this book, and then Lena Dunham did an interview with him for the Lenny Letter!!! When I saw that I felt like that part in Friends where Ross realizes Monica and Chandler are together:My heart grew three sizes, folks.Gavin de Becker is a
This book was recommended to me years ago by Tony Blauer and Van Canna Sensei, a very high ranking (and very skilled) Uechi-Ryu instructor. I've read it several times since then, and recently re-read it as prep for a project for my book publicity class. It's a great book, so I thought I'd throw a review of it up here.The Gift of Fear is a book about violence. Specifically, it's about predicting violence, and how most modern people ignore the signals that their intuition and their body give them
Removed a caveat here that said I hadn't quite finished the book because, well, I've finished it. Thoughts haven't changed. Enjoy the review!People are saying that this should be required reading for all women, and while there's certainly a heavy emphasis on women in dangerous relationships or situations, this recommendation is a wee bit shortsighted. I think that everyone could benefit from reading it, particularly when it comes to the examples he gave about the businessman who wouldn't leave a
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