Top 5 Personal Security Tips

This top 5 personal security tips article highlights 5
strategies of observation, body language, self protection,
access control and physical security used by special forces
and professional bodyguards world-wide which can be
incorporated into your everyday personal protection and
safety plan. These security tips will benefit individual
male and females and their children. They are also useful
for any one running a business employing staff.

To understand the concept of personal security is to live
your life free from most of the daily security concerns
that many people have to contend with. The highest
percentage of people amble through their lives in what
security experts call Condition White. My top 5 personal
security tips should elevate you through the security
colour code system and place you in a position to minimise
the security risks to you, your family and your business
partners and associates.

Top 5 personal security tips #1- Observation.

The very best security specialists are professionally
trained bodyguards. I'm not talking about muscle bound
knuckle draggers who eke out a living ensuring the safety
of night club revellers. I'm talking about professional
bodyguards who have been highly trained in close protection
skills specifically designed to protect high income
generating VIP's.

I have been training professional close protection officers
internationally for close to 20 years. The very first
lesson I deliver, is in observation skills, followed by
further specialised classes in observation. Whether we like
to admit it or not, human beings are predators. Predators
by definition have great observation skills. As the human
race has evolved from club wielding cavemen into a
generally more peaceful existence, most human beings have
never really utilised their observation skills beyond
normal day to day usage.

Developing and maintaining good observation skills is key
to improving your personal security. Once you learn to
observe what is happening around you, you will be able to
implement suitable counter measures to avoid dangerous
security risks.

Top 5 personal security tips #2- Body Language

International security and intelligence forces have been
training their covert operatives for many years in the
science of body language. Unlike most sciences, body
language is still considered unconventional in many
academic circles. From a physical protection perspective
understanding body language is akin to having a get out of
jail card. When utilised with advanced observation skills
recognising key aspects of a potential attacker's body
language can give you a definite edge in any dangerous
encounter. There are many books and training films
available on body language.

Top 5 personal security tips #3- Self Protection

As descendents of dinosaur hunting predators we all have a
self protection gene buried somewhere deep inside us. Our
brain and body are finely tuned to elements of danger. The
problem is most of us fail to realise we posses this very
valuable attribute. Self protection can be explained by the
mention of the phrase gut feeling. Whenever you meet
someone who you feel uncomfortable being close to, you
would mention to a friend that you had a gut feeling about
that person. It's the same when you are walking in a
strange area and you get a gut feeling that something isn't
quite right, so you turn around. This is your self
protection 'gut feeling' in action. Scientists often refer
to this concept as the fight or flight syndrome.

Nine times out of ten your gut feeling is right so don't
ignore this self protection personal security tip.

Top 5 personal security tips #4- Access Control

Every security expert worth their salt will inform you that
the highest percentage of security problems are defeated by
maintaining good access control systems. In relation to the
top 5 personal security tips access control means
minimising access to anyone or anything that may harm you
or your loved ones. For example. You are a female who
strikes up a conversation with a male co-worker. This man
misreads your initial friendship and stalks you. You must
immediately implement stringent access control measures.
This person may not even realise he is stalking you,
however stalkers crave one thing above all else, control.
To gain control over you he has to have access to you. Your
aim should be to implement counter stalking strategies to
minimise and then eradicate his access control. In no
circumstances should you continue talking to this person,
in person, by telephone, text, e-mail, letters etc.

Top 5 personal security tips #5- Physical Security

I've trained special forces and close protection officers
in 42 different countries across four continents. One thing
that sets these people up above their peers in other
military and security agencies is their advanced levels of
confidence. The reason for this confidence which many
opponents foolishly mistake for arrogance is their advanced
levels of specialised training. A good percentage of this
training focuses on their own physical security.
Participating in any of the martial arts will increase your
levels of confidence by default. A confident person who has
participated in physical security training will often
present as a hard target to would be attackers. Most
attackers are cowards who seek softer targets.

Although every security expert will inform you there is no
such concept as 100% security, utilising my top 5 personal
security tips will increase your personal security
awareness and reduce the likelihood of you being targeted
for attack.

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Dr. Mark D. Yates The British American Security Expert has
conducted high risk security operations in 42 countries for
government, military special forces, Intelligence &
security agencies. He is a published author & 5 major TV
documentaries have been broadcast about him. Want to claim
his FREE 52 security tips then visit him at
=>http://www.asecurityonestopshop.co.uk or e-mail him at
drmarkdyates@aol.com

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