Articles and Weekly Tips
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This week’s tip: Don’t get lazy. Like many exciting new things in life, personal security can be relatively easy to initiate but hard to maintain. We read an inspiring article, discover a fun new tool online, or are recommended a…
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The Dark Side of Security Tools
Some of us get excited about buying and using the latest security tools, programs, and devices. Others perhaps feel pressured to make sure they have the most secure option to stay safe. Having the most secure service or latest tool…
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Tip of the Week #8 – Always Know Your Exits
This week’s security tip – know where your exits are. Let’s hope you never have to evacuate or flee a building due to an emergency situation. But there are other reasons why you may want to know where all the…
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Tip of the Week #7 – When it’s Critical, Have Two
This week’s security tip is summed up by the phrase two is one, one is none. The idea here is that for things that matter – items that are critical to your success or failure – you should always have…
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3 Ways Your Health Affects Your Personal Security
Why is physical health important in personal security? Our health is important. I think we all recognize that as a factual piece of information, but too often only in the abstract sense. When it comes to personal security, your physical…
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Tip of the Week #6 – Be the last one in
This week’s security tip is to be the last one to enter your personal vehicle – specifically as the driver. When you are the driver you carry a certain level of responsibility for your passengers. Whether these are children, siblings,…
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Empower Yourself: Target Hardening Strategies for Everyday Security
What is Target Hardening? Target hardening is a means of crime prevention. Any criminal, whether opportunistic or strategic, is always going to be evaluating their victims on a risk versus reward scale. They want the highest reward possible with the…
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Tip of the Week #5 – Carry a First Aid Kit
Do you carry a first aid kit? Have you ever been to the park with your kids and one of them scraps their knee or gets a splinter? How about on a car trip and someone gets a nosebleed? Or…
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5 Free Ways to Improve Your Personal Security
There are lots of ways to improve your personal security and safety, but many of the suggestions found online require investing a lot of money and time. Those items have their place, but the focus of this article is what…
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Tip of the Week #4 – Pay more attention
Pause and Look Around Whenever you leave one location and enter another it is worth taking a moment to pause and look around. This gives your mind and body a moment to adjust to new stimuli, and also allows you…
