The Gift of Fear: and Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

A Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology book. The unsolicited promise is one of the most reliable signals because it is nearly always...

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...

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  • ISBN: 9780440508830 / 440508835
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Ive successfully lobbied and testified for stalking laws in several states, but I would trade them all for a high school class that would teach young men how to hear no, and teach young women that its all right to explicitly reject. Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence The unsolicited promise is one of the most reliable signals because it is nearly always of questionable motive. Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence It is similar to one brother asking another, Why did you grow up to be a drunk? The answer is Because Dad was a drunk. The second brother then asks, Why didnt you grow up to be a drunk? The answer is Because Dad was a drunk. Some more complete answers are found in Robert Resslers classic book Whoever Fights Monsters. He speaks of the tremendous importance of the early puberty period for boys. Before then, the anger of these boys might have been submerged and without focus, perhaps turned inward in the form of depression, perhaps (as in most cases) just...

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