Podcast 279 Safety or a Higher Calling?

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Today:  Is it worth giving up some of your safety to go extra places?  Is there a time it’s okay and a time it is not?  How can you figure out the difference?

In this podcast I’ll tell you how to do a risk assessment on your upcoming activity and let you make an informed decision on if you should or should not go.

My point:  Make an actual decision about the risk you will except and the ones you won’t.  Don’t let someone else make the decision for you!

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Outline:

March on Richmond VA

  • Would have liked to go
  • I thought there was going to be violence resulting in multiple injuries and one death (glad to be wrong)
  • Sometimes a risk of death or serious bodily injury is worth it

Do a Risk Assessment on your Life’s Activities

  • Doing anything as well as nothing can get you killed
  • Risk associated with every activity (including taking a shower)
  • Electricity in your house can kill you; When is the last time you thought about that?
  • Working overseas as a security specialist doing base security commanders wanted zero injuries of their soldiers and wanted to make me responsible for anyone getting hurt
  • Simple Risk vs Reward
  • Army:
    • Identify Hazards
    • Assess the Hazards
    • Develop Controls and Make Risk Decisions
    • Implement Controls
    • Supervise
  • Marine Corps adopted the same thing and it was impossible on paper
  • Simpler Version
    • What’s the extra risks associated with this event/activity/action?
    • What’s the probability that it will happen to me or affect me?
    • Is it worth the risk?
    • How can I reasonably mitigate the risks?
  • Examples:
    • Richmond March
    • Driving During Adverse Conditions
    • Going to new locations
    • My December California Trip

Thoughts on Richmond

  • Glad nothing serious happened and no on got hurt.  Glad it didn’t spark something bigger
  • Can’t stop people from being afraid of pictures and the media
  • Only control myself and my reactions

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Stay Safe,

Ben

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