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Scott Walker | A hostage negotiator on staying calm in a crisis and the many ways you can look at risk.

The Emma Guns Show

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The Importance of Staying Calm

"I don't think it's a question of not having any emotions at all, far from it in fact," he says. "It's having the emotions show up but not allowing yourself to get knocked off." He adds: "Don't try to push it away or deny it, but just be with it for a couple of seconds and then breathe through it" 'If I didn't, if I allowed it, the ego to show up or I'm a nerves to get the better of me, then ultimately, you know, people could die'

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