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The Jordan Harbinger Show

330: Gavin de Becker | The Gift of Fear Part Two

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Business, Education, Science

4.812.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Gavin de Becker (@gdbaprotects) is the author of The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence and the security pioneer who designed the MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems used at the top levels of government. This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!

What We Discuss with Gavin de Becker:
  • Why is "no" the end of the discussion for a man, but the beginning of a negotiation for a woman in our culture?
  • Understand why you should be wary of the unsolicited promise.
  • Should we try to join our intuition to our intellect, or do the two work better on their own?
  • The difference between worry and fear -- why worrying is ultimately useless while fear can save your life.
  • Try the Rule of Opposites exercise to calibrate your intuition in the moment.
  • And much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.

0:08.0

On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's most brilliant people

0:13.0

and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you.

0:18.0

We want to help you see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and behave.

0:22.0

We want you to become a better thinker. That's the crux of this.

0:25.0

And if you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors, thinkers and performers,

0:31.0

as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, body language, persuasion and more.

0:36.0

So if you're smart, you'd like to learn and improve. You're going to be right at home here with us.

0:41.0

And today is part two of our episode from the Vault with Gavin DeBecker.

0:45.0

Gavin's been head of security for folks like Oprah, Jeff Bezos, one of the world's most respected people in the security industry globally.

0:52.0

He's also the author of the Gift of Fear. This book is tremendously popular.

0:57.0

It's just known as being a lifesaver for some people, literally.

1:01.0

Will dissect fear, why it exists, how we can use it as a tool instead of avoiding it.

1:06.0

We'll also rediscover our intuition, how it developed, how it evolved, how it'll keep us alive if we listen to it,

1:11.0

and hone our sixth sense for danger, something I wasn't sure was possible.

1:16.0

And perhaps most importantly, we'll discover how to observe the warning signs of abusers, conmen and other predators.

1:22.0

So we can avoid them, help our friends and loved ones do so as well.

1:26.0

This show morphed into a sort of a toolbox for safety here on the Jordan Harbinger Show.

1:30.0

Send it to everyone you care about. That's what I ask for this one. This is a fascinating episode.

1:35.0

It could potentially save your life or the life of someone you love.

1:38.0

And I think that alone is worth the listen here.

1:41.0

If you want to know how I managed to book folks like this, my network is enormous. In fact, it's growing now.

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