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Gavin De Becker

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

Gavin De BeckerNonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

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Essay Topics

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How would you have defined fear and intuition before reading The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence? How would you define intuition now? According to Gavin de Becker, what makes it different from fear?

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What is a personal habit that you found was encouraged or discouraged by the text? Why does de Becker encourage or discourage this habit?

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Consider a moment in which you questioned a personal situation. What were your satellites? Did you heed them?

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