It’s a nice day bike riding, what is there to worry about? Dogs, angry drivers, wasp nests — are you pay- ing attention? If an angry driver cuts you off, are you thinking about de- escalation? How about avoidance?
trouble and you don’t get it, is their way of thinking. Keep that in mind as you come
home tonight and see six news- papers strewn around your front yard, a hedge hiding the side win- dow, a burned-out porch light and a front gate standing open. Those clues are as good as putting a neon sign out front saying: “Hey, bur- glarize me, there’s probably no- body home!” As a matter of fact, you ought to make it a fl ashing neon sign with strobes, too. The same thing applies in other
parts of your life. Clint Smith, a renowned fi rearms trainer often says, “If you look like food, you will be eaten.” What’s he mean? In your daily life, if you’re cowed, timid, take chances with your safety, act unsure, take risks and expose yourself to situations you’re un-prepared for, you’ll (probably) get eaten. There’s a reason tiny mice hide under rocks; to nearly any predator, they represent food. Don’t be food. It’s as easy as standing up
straight, looking people in the eye and taking a quick look around as you use the ATM — plainly, don’t act like food and you won’t get eat- en! I’m not saying to be aggressive, or a jerk, but being self-confi dent, walking with purpose, paying at- tention to what’s going on around you and questioning things that seem amiss not only makes good sense; they are things bad guys no- tice you doing, and it helps keep them away. A bad guy can spot an off-duty
cop almost immediately. Want to know how? Most cops are con- fi dent, relatively fi t, inquisitive, aware of their surroundings and look people in the eye. They do it on and off duty, bad guys know
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this — and can spot them. So, why not let bad guys think you just might be an off-duty cop? That might be as- surance for them leaving you alone for an easier target. Are you getting what I’m saying here? Clint also likes to say: “Always cheat, always win.” So always cheat, always win — when it comes to your personal safety.
Colors The color code of awareness
can help deter potential problems. It’s simple and easy to understand.
If you’re in white mode, it means you’re essentially going around with blinders on, paying zero attention to your surroundings and are oblivious to the elephant in the room. When you’re sleeping, you’re in white mode — the fact is most people are in white mode when they are awake too. These are the people who walk into a bank being robbed, after passing by the guy at the front door with a gun in his hand. They don’t notice the fact people are lined up with their hands up and are surprised when the
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