Gavin de becker biography sampler

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  • Gavin de Becker is a three-time presidential appointee whose pioneering work has changed the way our government evaluates threats to our nation's highest.
  • The Gift of Fear is a remarkable, unique combination of practical guidance on leading a safer life and profound insight into human behavior.

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    &#; Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That skydda Us from Violence

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    Starting point is The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day. Hello, Gavin. Hey. Pleasure to meet you in person, in the flesh. You too. We obviously have a lot of friends in common, and I'm glad to be here. I'm glad to have you here.

    Starting point is And I'm glad to talk about, we have a lot of shared interests, but this survival signals that protect us from violence. Now this is, I've always wanted to talk to you because you are truly an expert on preparedness and cautionary tactics and what to do and not to do, like in terms of security and how to protect people. What is your background? How did you get started in all this? Bad childhood. Violent childhood is the way I started.

    Starting point is When I was 10 years old, my mother shot my stepfather in front of me. Oh, Jesus Christ. And that was one of many sort of gun incidents in our family. Was your stepfather violent or something. No, he wasn't. My mother was. And how that's unusual, right?

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    Gavin de Becker

    • The Gift of Fear

    • Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
    • By: Gavin de Becker
    • Narrated by: Gavin de Becker
    • Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
    • Unabridged

    In this extraordinary, groundbreaking book, the nation's leading expert on predicting violent behavior unlocks the puzzle of human violence and shows that, like every creature on earth, we have within us the ability to predict the harm others might do us and get out of its way

    • 2 out of 5 stars

    • Decent book severely undermined by last chapter.

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