The Art of Manliness

Escape the Safety Trap

Jul 20, 2022

45:28

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What's Going On There?

01:05

The Safety Trap

00:51

Are They Natural Disruptors?

01:24

You Are Your Own Authority in a Life and Death Situation

01:37

Introduction

2min

Security Expert Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World

4min

You Are the Most in Danger When You Feel the Most Safe

3min

How to Avoid Avoidance in the Future

2min

Do You Rely on False Authority?

3min

Run, Hide, Fight - Is That a Good Rule?

3min

You Are Your Own Authority in a Life and Death Situation

2min

How to Survive a School Shooting

4min

Square Space Is More Than Just a Beautiful Web Site

3min

10.

Leakage in Target Selection Processes

3min

11.

Keeping Physically Fit Is a Vital Part of Keeping Yourself Safe

4min

12.

Do You See Food, Flags and Families?

2min

13.

The Five Step Process of an Attack

5min

14.

Do You Know When Something Isn't Right?

4min

15.

The Game of Cat and Mouse - What You Don't Want to Do

3min

16.

The Safety Trap by Spencer Corson

2min

We like to think that our personal safety and the safety of our loved ones is something that other people — law enforcement, school administrators, social media moderators — will take care of for us.

My guest today, Spencer Coursen, would say that while this mindset may help us feelsafe, it's actually when we feel the most safe, that we're in the greatest danger. Spencer — who's a combat veteran and a threat management expert — calls this paradox "the safety trap," and he's the author of a book of the same name. Today on the show, Spencer shares the factors that can put us in the safetytrap, and ways to escape it. We discuss how an avoidance mindset and a reliance on false authority can put us in greater danger, how the run-hide-fight rubric for responding to an active shooter has been misapplied, and how being too polite can get you killed. From there we turn to ways you can take responsibility for your own safety, including knowing the warning signs that someone may take violent action and staying physically fit. We also discuss what to do if people are sending you potentially threatening messages online.