Why people recommend it
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker explores human intuition and how recognizing subconscious danger signals can prevent violence and ensure personal safety. On The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Steven Bartlett linked to the author's works in his episode notes, while Louise Perry discussed the book to illustrate how women's instincts help them detect dangerous situations. Ben Bowlin mentioned it on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to examine intuition as a mechanism for survival, a theme the podcast hosts returned to in subsequent episodes as a must-read human experiential point. Whitney Cummings shared on The Joe Rogan Experience that reading the book completely changed her life regarding personal safety, and Eddie Ifft recalled that John Mayor urged him to read it following a home break-in. Furthermore, Megyn Kelly noted on her show that the book's core concepts regarding innate female intuition resonate deeply across nearly every woman she knows.
Who recommended it
- Megyn Kelly Recommended
- Steven Bartlett Recommended
- Joe Rogan Discussed
- Louise Perry Recommended
- Ben Bowlin Recommended
- Whitney Cummings Recommended
- Eddie Ifft Recommended
Megyn Kelly — 3 mentions
“the thing about pronouns AR roipnol in this piece that really stuck out at me is it ties back to Gavin debecker the gift of fear not explicitly but in idea and almost every woman I know has read that book”
“I read that in the Gavin Decker book saying don't do it the media's got to help us stop creating Heroes out of these guys or at least famous people out of these guys but as a journalist my policy has always been to name any shooter for whom infamy is not the obvious goal and so that's why I”
“and and one of the pieces of advice reminded me of Gavin de Becker's gift of fear which is you have an instinct listen to it listen to it”
Steven Bartlett — 1 mention
“You've written so many of these great books. All of them I'm going to link below. The newest one here is called Forbidden Facts, Government Deceit and Suppression about Brain Damage from Childhood Vaccines. There's another book about children here, Protecting the the Gift, Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe and Parents Sane. The Gift of Fear, Survival Signals That Protect”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
“your book of gift to fear has been out it's been out for a long time and uh i'm gonna start reading it”
Louise Perry — 1 mention
“you ever read the gift of Fear gav De Becca book really great book it was published like 30 years ago or something”
Ben Bowlin — 1 mention
“and we want to we owe a lot of this to an author named Gavin de Becker who wrote The Gift of fear fear fear I think it's interesting too that fear is the key word in that title”
Whitney Cummings — 1 mention
“that gav de Becker book that gift of fear I read that and it changed my life”
Eddie Ifft — 1 mention
“and Mayer goes you got to read the book gift of fear he's like read that book”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 3
“That's why Gavin de Becker’s The Gift of Fear is a must-read book, and it's a really important point, I think, beyond just France; it's a human experiential point.”
“Everybody read the book that we mentioned frequently a few years back, The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. The idea of intuition is there.”
“and we want to we owe a lot of this to an author named Gavin de Becker who wrote The Gift of fear”
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Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Uh well, they they all know that their dad is a big proponent and and my first book, which is still a a very big book, The Gift of Fear, that book is, I think, still the best-selling book in the world on violence after 25 years. And that book is all about intuition and personal responsibility.”
“uh i want to mention that the that gift of fear my book is now a master class”
“there's an example in this book in the gift of fear where a woman”