Book Freak is a newsletter with advice you can use to improve the quality of your life. I try to send one out 3-4 times a month.Gavin de Becker is a three-time presidential appointee whose pioneering work has changed the way our government evaluates threats to our nation's highest officials. His firm advises many of the world's most prominent media figures, corporations, and law enforcement agencies on predicting violence, and it also serves regular citizens who are victims of domestic abuse and stalking.Here are four pieces of advice from his book, The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence.