Podcast 279 Safety or a Higher Calling?

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Today:  Is it worth giving up some of your safety to go extra places?  Is there a time it’s okay and a time it is not?  How can you figure out the difference?

In this podcast I’ll tell you how to do a risk assessment on your upcoming activity and let you make an informed decision on if you should or should not go.

My point:  Make an actual decision about the risk you will except and the ones you won’t.  Don’t let someone else make the decision for you!

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Outline:

March on Richmond VA

Would have liked to go I thought there was going to be violence resulting in multiple injuries and one death (glad to be wrong) Sometimes a risk of death or serious bodily injury is worth it

Do a Risk Assessment on your Life’s Activities

Doing anything as well as nothing can get you killed Risk associated with every activity (including taking a shower) Electricity in your house can kill you; When is the last time you thought about that? Working overseas as a security specialist doing base security commanders wanted zero injuries of their soldiers and wanted to make me responsible for anyone getting hurt Simple Risk vs Reward Army: Identify Hazards Assess the Hazards Develop Controls and Make Risk Decisions Implement Controls Supervise Marine Corps adopted the same thing and it was impossible on paper Simpler Version What’s the extra risks associated with this event/activity/action? What’s the probability that it will happen to me or affect me? Is it worth the risk? How can I reasonably mitigate the risks? Examples: Richmond March Driving During Adverse Conditions Going to new locations My December California Trip

Thoughts on Richmond

Glad nothing serious happened and no on got hurt. Glad it didn’t spark something bigger Can’t stop people from being afraid of pictures and the media Only control myself and my reactions

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Stay Safe,

Ben