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Gavin de Becker

Security expert and author on intuition and safety

Best known for teaching that our intuition — the quiet inner signal we sometimes feel — is real information worth trusting.

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October 26, 1954 · United States
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The Gift of Fear
his best-known book, on trusting intuition as real information
Intuition
the heart of his work — that the quiet inner signal is worth heeding, not overriding
Safety
the field he built his career in, advising on how people can protect themselves
📝 The story behind the little key

An expert on safety

De Becker built his career as a security expert, studying how people sense and respond to danger, and advising individuals and organizations on staying safe.

The Gift of Fear

His best-known book argues that intuition is not superstition but real information the mind gathers below the level of words — and that learning to trust it is a genuine skill.

Trusting the quiet signal

A central idea in his work is that the small, wordless feeling that something is off is worth pausing on — a message tonight's story turns into a gentle lesson for kids about their own inner voice.

The Parrot Who Repeated Everything
🔑 How this connects to their story

Kiki the parrot learns to trust the quiet flutter inside her instead of repeating the crowd — and it keeps her safe. De Becker built his life's work on that same idea: intuition is real information, worth listening to.

🦜 The Parrot Who Repeated Everything
🕰️ Their life, in brief
1954

Born in the United States.

1970s–80s

Builds a career as a security and safety expert.

1997

Publishes The Gift of Fear.

Today

Continues advising and writing on intuition and safety.

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