Financial Security For Dummies

Chapter 14

Tens Ways to Improve Your Personal Safety

IN THIS CHAPTER

Keeping yourself safe

Making note of dangerous situations to avoid

This book is about your financial security and money. But we all know that our personal safety is an important part of our overall security.

And for some good insights on that topic, I turn to noted crime prevention expert Jeff McKissack. In his book Power Proverbs for Personal Defense, McKissack teaches his “golden rules” for avoiding dangerous people and situations.

Combine Your Instincts with Proven Strategies

McKissack notes that while many times we can trust our instincts to alert us when a potentially treacherous situation is near, we also must draw upon the effective strategies of our predecessors that have withstood the test of time. His recommendations highlighted in this chapter capture those valuable approaches.

Of course, no system or approach to personal safety can guarantee 100 percent protection, but McKissack’s strategies can and should greatly decrease your risk of being a victim of crime or violence.

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

McKissack begins with the idea that “what you don’t know can hurt you,” more specifically zeroing in on the dangerous implications of getting into a verbal or physical altercation with a complete ...