Book · recommended on 2 episodes
The Gift of Fear
Gavin de Becker ISBN 9781574532081
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Gavin de Becker ISBN 9781574532081
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This book by Gavin de Becker has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Gavin de Becker, Ryan Holiday. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-10-11 and the most recent from 2026-03-02. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“my first book, which is still 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”— Gavin de Becker
The guest here is Gavin de Becker: One of the world's foremost security and threat-assessment experts whose firm protects heads of state, royalty and celebrities and designed systems used to protect the U.S. Supreme Court. Best-selling author of The Gift of Fear. Elite security expert Gavin de Becker argues Epstein was an intelligence-run blackmail front and that phone privacy no longer exists.
“One of my favorite books is The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. And he says, 'When you worry, ask yourself, what am I choosing not to see right now?'”— Ryan Holiday
The guest here is Tara Brach, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, and Cal Newport: A compilation episode hosted by Tim Ferriss featuring four guests: Tara Brach (meditation teacher and former clinical psychologist, author of Radical Acceptance, creator of the RAIN practice); Ryan Holiday (author of 13 books and creator of the Daily Stoic); Maria Popova (writer behind The Marginalian, formerly Brain Pickings); and Cal Newport (Georgetown CS professor and author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism). A curated podcast buffet where four friends of Tim Ferriss share favorite clips on presence, Stoic questions, reading, and time management.
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