Fear Less: Real Truth About Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism Hardcover – January 1, 2002

This book is a must have for everyone. It gives a great insight into the concepts of intuition or "gut feelings" and how we often ignore the verbal, physical and other signs that signal danger. I bought 4 copies of this book and plan to buy more so I can give them away to people that I care about. Our family is going to do an abbreviated study from this book with our children, ranging from 15-24 to keep passing on the information on down the line. Some of the situations and topics can be uncomfortable, but the point is that we need to be more situationally attentive to our surroundings. If the elevator doors open and you feel uncomfortable with the person or persons you see in the elevator then get over your need to be "nice" and don't get on the elevator. Their feelings may be hurt but better that than you. Paying attention to the signs that present themselves will help you avoid a situation that may turn dangerous or even deadly before you can escape. Unlike books that teach how to fight back, the purpose of this book is to evade before the situation escalates to a point that you have to fight or it is too late to fight.

If the country had followed the author's sensible counsel, we would be 1000 times better off today. Instead, panic and hysteria won the day, and (after the Boston Marathon bombing), they are STILL winning.If you want to at least gain personal perspective and a better outlook on life than what is unfortunately the current American norm, this is an excellent book to read.I hope the country regains its perspective and sanity at some point. Overreacting hurts us worse than terrorism does.

Ignorance is dangerous and can cause serious emotional scars when things are treated as impossible. Your entire sense of false security is shattered when that "impossible" event occurs. If you experience such an event first hand in this state of ignorance you're less likely to respond in a way that will keep you alive. If you do survive you're more likely to be an emotional victim with PTSD. This book is a little slow in places but does a very good job at altering your perspective from "I hope it never happens" to "It has been attempted (or happened) and will happen and I can deal with it when it does".

Good book to make you take notice of your surroundings.

Gavin deBecker knows his business and is grounded with an easy to read and understandable approach and concrete advice. He wrote this in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy. He offers a lot of personal experience, expertise and common sense advice for any of us to use in our daily lives. His book offers hope and peace in this time of too much stress. I encourage everyone, no matter what age, who watches the news and undertands the stakes, to read this book and use it.

Some interesting new vignettes but lacks the power of the original Gift of Fear, a work I consider essential reading and a must own book. If you've already read that book, you really don't need this one. The essential points have already been covered. It's certainly not a bad book by any means, it's just doesn't hold its own against the extremely high standard of his first work. Seems like he rushed this one to press without giving it the full attention it deserves. It's probably worth buying used but I regret paying full price.Lawrence KaneAuthor of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction

I've bought a number of copies if this book. I seem to give them away frequently. It's a great read for those who find themselves puzzled about the nature of our society these days and feeling overly concerned or anxious about personal safety. It explains how we are manipulated by the media into thinking things are bigger than they are.

Mr. De Becker presents a clear sighted, articulate, and sometimes funny statement of "fear". His insights and recomendations are thoughtful and based on his experiance and the experience of his associates. Without this book the information he supplies would be out of the average persons reach. No hype, just solid advice about what you can do to Fear Less.