Order of Man - February 14, 2017


100: 100 Deadly Survival Skills | Clint Emerson


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Length

42 minutes

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206.31088

Word Count

8,746

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521

Misogynist Sentences

14

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

On this episode of the podcast, former Navy SEAL and New York Times bestselling author Clint Emerson joins us to talk about the importance of self-rescue and self-defense, the 4 Ds of home defense, and how to develop your own personal threat protocol.


Transcript

00:00:00.100 Unfortunately, in society today, your ability to survive has become more important than it ever has.
00:00:04.980 So whether you're dealing with an active shooter, a natural disaster, or a medical emergency,
00:00:09.320 your likelihood of having to think on your feet will likely become a reality.
00:00:13.340 And as my guest, Navy SEAL Clint Emerson says,
00:00:15.800 the wrong place at the wrong time has now become any place at any time.
00:00:20.100 Today, he shares with us some common survival threats,
00:00:22.480 the importance of self-rescue and self-reliance,
00:00:24.820 the four Ds of home defense,
00:00:26.120 and how to develop your own personal threat protocol on this, our 100th interview episode.
00:00:31.860 You're a man of action.
00:00:33.340 You live life to the fullest.
00:00:34.800 Embrace your fears and boldly chart your own path.
00:00:37.720 When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time.
00:00:42.200 You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong.
00:00:47.240 This is your life.
00:00:48.340 This is who you are.
00:00:49.700 This is who you will become.
00:00:51.080 At the end of the day, and after all is said and done,
00:00:54.520 you can call yourself a man.
00:00:56.920 Gentlemen, what is going on today?
00:00:58.100 My name is Ryan Michler, and I am the host and the founder of Order of Man.
00:01:01.120 Exciting news today, guys.
00:01:02.560 This is our 100th interview episode,
00:01:05.520 and after interviewing 100 of the world's most successful men,
00:01:08.680 I can tell you that one of my biggest takeaways
00:01:11.280 is that I still have a ton to learn about being a better man,
00:01:15.000 and that is what we're all about here.
00:01:16.660 So if you want to be a better man, you are in the right place.
00:01:19.740 Now, I've thought pretty hard about what I wanted to do for episode 100,
00:01:23.680 and I thought about somebody interviewing me.
00:01:25.680 I thought about 100 lessons I've learned.
00:01:27.860 I thought about everything I possibly could,
00:01:30.060 and quite honestly, the thing that I kept coming back to
00:01:32.940 was that I had a high school football coach,
00:01:35.340 and he used to tell us after we scored a touchdown
00:01:37.160 and got a little excited,
00:01:38.540 he'd tell us,
00:01:39.240 act like you've done it before,
00:01:40.840 and act like you're going to do it again.
00:01:42.020 So with that said,
00:01:43.480 I decided to make this show the same as any other show I've done,
00:01:47.880 because as excited as I am about hitting this 100th episode,
00:01:51.160 the interview episode milestone,
00:01:52.960 we're only getting started, guys,
00:01:54.520 and before you know it,
00:01:55.220 we're going to be at 200.
00:01:56.000 So with that said,
00:01:57.280 if you do have some suggestions or ideas
00:01:58.880 on how to mix things up a bit here on the podcast,
00:02:01.060 outside of our Tuesday interview show
00:02:02.440 and our Friday field notes,
00:02:03.880 shoot me an email at ryan at orderaman.com,
00:02:06.800 and we'll see what we can do.
00:02:07.780 Now, let's just jump right into the show today.
00:02:10.080 If you want the links, the best quotes,
00:02:11.640 the information for this show,
00:02:12.800 head to orderaman.com slash 100,
00:02:15.880 as in episode 100.
00:02:17.260 And second,
00:02:18.160 make sure you join our closed Facebook group.
00:02:19.940 I talk about this every week,
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00:02:23.320 We've got just under 21,000 men
00:02:25.300 now having thousands of real conversations
00:02:28.240 about what it means to be a man.
00:02:30.480 And third,
00:02:30.960 and you probably know this by now,
00:02:32.340 but we've got our second live event,
00:02:34.620 The Uprising,
00:02:35.500 and it's coming up April 27th through the 30th,
00:02:38.280 this year, 2017.
00:02:39.760 I want you to be there,
00:02:40.860 but you've got to do it quick.
00:02:41.880 I'm going to be giving you some more details
00:02:43.180 during the break,
00:02:44.280 but for now,
00:02:44.920 I want you to know you can get the details.
00:02:46.820 You can watch some of the footage
00:02:47.700 from last year's experience
00:02:48.800 at orderaman.com slash uprising.
00:02:51.240 Spots are filling up quick.
00:02:52.280 I think as of this recording,
00:02:53.460 we have three spots left.
00:02:55.660 So if you're even slightly and remotely interested,
00:02:58.680 jump on it as soon as possible.
00:03:00.500 Again, you can do that
00:03:01.160 at orderaman.com slash uprising.
00:03:03.180 Now I want to introduce you to my guest today.
00:03:05.480 I'm honored again to be introducing you
00:03:07.540 to Navy SEAL
00:03:08.320 and New York Times bestselling author,
00:03:09.840 Clint Emerson.
00:03:10.580 This actually marks the second time
00:03:12.200 that he's been on our show.
00:03:13.860 And since our first conversation
00:03:15.160 was such a hit,
00:03:16.320 I thought I'd invite Clint back on the show
00:03:17.740 to talk about his latest book,
00:03:18.980 which is 100 Deadly Skills Survival Edition.
00:03:21.340 And as I said it before,
00:03:22.240 Clint served as a Navy SEAL for 20 years,
00:03:24.560 including an attachment to SEAL Team 6
00:03:26.780 and the NSA.
00:03:27.860 So you know he's qualified
00:03:28.680 to talk about some of the information
00:03:29.920 that we're going to be getting into today.
00:03:31.720 Clint also runs his own company,
00:03:33.180 Escape the Wolf,
00:03:34.260 which is geared towards helping businesses
00:03:36.220 deal with crisis.
00:03:37.060 In fact,
00:03:37.740 he and his team recently
00:03:38.780 ran some security training
00:03:40.300 and consulting for President Trump's inauguration.
00:03:42.720 Guys,
00:03:43.320 you're going to really enjoy
00:03:44.060 what Clint and I have to share with you today.
00:03:45.760 And you're going to walk away
00:03:46.520 with some very actionable strategies
00:03:48.320 that you can and should use
00:03:50.400 should you find yourself
00:03:51.420 in a crisis situation.
00:03:54.700 Clint,
00:03:55.100 what's going on,
00:03:55.520 brother?
00:03:55.680 Thanks for joining me on the show again.
00:03:57.040 Hey,
00:03:57.380 how you doing,
00:03:57.920 Ryan?
00:03:58.220 Thank you for having me back.
00:03:59.640 You bet.
00:03:59.920 Round two,
00:04:00.440 right?
00:04:01.100 Yeah,
00:04:01.360 that's awesome.
00:04:02.100 Yeah,
00:04:02.280 it is.
00:04:02.620 It is.
00:04:02.940 I've been following you,
00:04:03.760 obviously,
00:04:04.000 since we had first talked earlier in the year
00:04:05.960 and you've got a different book.
00:04:07.760 It's along the same thread line,
00:04:09.720 but it's the Survival Edition,
00:04:11.260 which I think is important.
00:04:13.460 I think we haven't talked about it too much on the show
00:04:15.600 and so I'm glad to talk with you about it today.
00:04:17.500 Great.
00:04:17.940 Yeah,
00:04:18.260 I love it.
00:04:19.040 So I want to kick things off.
00:04:20.640 We just get right into it.
00:04:21.500 I want to kick things off with a quote
00:04:22.660 that you had put in the book
00:04:23.580 that I think will give us the context
00:04:25.320 and the framework for the discussion.
00:04:26.860 And it was Carl Sagan.
00:04:28.060 It says,
00:04:28.360 Extinction is the rule.
00:04:30.420 Survival is the exception.
00:04:31.800 So out of all the quotes
00:04:33.160 and all the stuff you could put in the book,
00:04:35.180 why lead off with that?
00:04:36.320 Tell me a little bit about that.
00:04:38.280 Well,
00:04:38.620 if anyone lives long enough,
00:04:40.600 you know,
00:04:40.880 when you're talking about timeline,
00:04:42.780 you know,
00:04:43.020 you're going to face a threat
00:04:46.300 or a crisis at some point in your life.
00:04:48.840 And when that happens,
00:04:50.360 because it will,
00:04:51.260 if you live long enough,
00:04:52.480 there's really only two options.
00:04:55.020 And that is,
00:04:55.520 you know,
00:04:55.800 you're either going to survive it
00:04:57.020 or you're not.
00:04:58.340 And so all of us
00:04:59.900 are going to face something
00:05:01.040 at some point in time.
00:05:02.500 And that quote really represents,
00:05:04.860 you know,
00:05:05.160 that the timeline of life.
00:05:07.580 It's,
00:05:08.240 you know,
00:05:08.420 eventually you,
00:05:09.680 we will die,
00:05:11.380 you know,
00:05:11.680 and hopefully it's of natural causes
00:05:13.480 and old age,
00:05:14.300 not something that could have been prevented.
00:05:16.980 And so the book focuses on preparation
00:05:19.460 and response
00:05:20.520 to all of the big headlines
00:05:23.260 that we see out there these days.
00:05:26.480 I think it's really important.
00:05:27.680 And here's the other question though,
00:05:29.180 is we get so bombarded with news
00:05:31.580 and I think a lot of it
00:05:32.960 is probably not as sensational
00:05:35.440 as it's made out to be.
00:05:37.160 I mean,
00:05:37.360 are there some common threats
00:05:39.720 that we should really be prepared for?
00:05:42.360 Well,
00:05:42.660 I've been,
00:05:43.580 in all the talks and discussions I've had,
00:05:46.180 everything from,
00:05:47.040 you know,
00:05:47.740 law enforcement to,
00:05:49.480 you know,
00:05:49.700 even school teachers,
00:05:50.940 there's one thing that
00:05:52.240 has become,
00:05:53.680 I think,
00:05:54.200 common.
00:05:54.660 And I'm not a paranoia guy.
00:05:56.320 I'm not a,
00:05:57.100 you know,
00:05:57.380 wear foil on your head
00:05:58.420 and,
00:05:58.640 you know,
00:05:59.020 wait for aliens to come.
00:06:01.000 And I,
00:06:01.280 and I'm not a,
00:06:02.040 I'm not a categorically,
00:06:03.940 I'm not a prepper either.
00:06:05.160 It's a,
00:06:06.080 so I try to,
00:06:06.840 everything's all about reality
00:06:08.020 and,
00:06:08.760 you know,
00:06:09.280 the potential of facing something
00:06:10.700 and how you're going to deal with it
00:06:12.120 properly in order to increase
00:06:13.880 your survivability.
00:06:14.220 So,
00:06:15.680 you know,
00:06:16.260 one,
00:06:16.660 one thing that holds true is what,
00:06:18.280 you know,
00:06:18.820 used to be the wrong place,
00:06:20.360 the wrong time has quickly become any place at any time.
00:06:23.740 And I think that is the piece that people just need to start kind of embracing and understanding that,
00:06:29.600 yeah,
00:06:29.920 eighties and nineties,
00:06:31.100 it was kind of like this wrong place,
00:06:32.560 wrong time.
00:06:33.380 But now it's like any,
00:06:34.720 any place,
00:06:35.220 you can be a church,
00:06:36.040 you can be at school,
00:06:36.900 you can be at a mall,
00:06:37.780 you can be anywhere on this globe.
00:06:39.280 And there's going to be the threat of a lone wolf or,
00:06:41.640 you know,
00:06:42.520 some ISIS actors that,
00:06:44.280 you know,
00:06:44.800 want to kill a bunch of innocent people so they can make the headlines.
00:06:47.580 So you just have to kind of embrace the mentality that now it can happen anytime,
00:06:51.940 anyplace.
00:06:53.340 And yeah,
00:06:53.640 I think the media probably sensationalizes a lot of stuff.
00:06:57.860 And,
00:06:58.100 you know,
00:06:58.580 now with social media becoming a main media platform,
00:07:02.380 that increases it,
00:07:04.300 you know,
00:07:04.540 even more so where you're,
00:07:06.280 we feel like we're seeing all these bad things happening,
00:07:08.920 all the time.
00:07:10.060 But the reality is bad things have been happening all the time,
00:07:12.920 you know,
00:07:13.640 since the creation of this planet.
00:07:15.340 So it's just,
00:07:16.700 it's just much easier to kind of televise it and push it out on all the different
00:07:21.440 bandwidths that are out there.
00:07:22.880 Sure.
00:07:23.200 And then,
00:07:23.560 well,
00:07:23.680 then the other side of that is you have to compete with,
00:07:25.740 you know,
00:07:25.900 the quote unquote fake news that we see so much of too.
00:07:28.460 And now you're trying not only to be prepared,
00:07:30.200 but decipher what's actually happening and what is not really happening.
00:07:34.620 Yeah.
00:07:34.820 Without a doubt.
00:07:35.500 The fake news thing,
00:07:36.300 I guess,
00:07:36.620 is obviously has some,
00:07:39.260 has some power behind it and it's unfortunate,
00:07:41.680 but you,
00:07:42.240 you,
00:07:42.600 that's each individual has responsibility to vet the information they read and
00:07:47.800 see and,
00:07:48.680 and you vet it beforehand.
00:07:50.880 Last night,
00:07:51.580 for example,
00:07:52.080 I get a lot of things sent to me and then people say,
00:07:54.260 Hey,
00:07:54.340 can you blast this out?
00:07:55.500 Right.
00:07:55.800 Yeah.
00:07:56.200 It's a concern.
00:07:57.820 Last night,
00:07:58.560 you may have seen it.
00:07:59.580 It's going around like,
00:08:00.380 Hey,
00:08:00.580 if gang members have this new tactic as part of their initiation.
00:08:04.800 And that is if you see a,
00:08:06.540 you know,
00:08:06.920 a young child on the side of the road needing help and tells you that child says,
00:08:11.980 you know,
00:08:12.180 take me to this address.
00:08:13.200 And then you show up to the address and you get,
00:08:15.520 you get killed or you get beat by these gang members.
00:08:18.080 You know,
00:08:18.560 it's basically saying,
00:08:19.320 Hey,
00:08:19.940 don't take the kid to that address.
00:08:21.520 Take them to the police station,
00:08:22.900 which right off the bat,
00:08:24.280 one,
00:08:24.640 that's what you should do anyway.
00:08:25.960 Right.
00:08:26.260 Right.
00:08:26.900 But number two,
00:08:27.900 the whole thing is a hoax.
00:08:29.300 It just,
00:08:30.060 the gang members are not doing this.
00:08:31.580 It was just something that was,
00:08:32.620 has been put out on social media,
00:08:34.640 supposedly from Dade County down in Florida.
00:08:37.240 And it's all fake.
00:08:38.480 It's just,
00:08:38.920 it's just all BS.
00:08:40.140 So beware.
00:08:41.100 Yeah,
00:08:41.300 no,
00:08:41.480 that's true.
00:08:41.900 And in this case,
00:08:42.680 it actually ends up being maybe more of a positive because if you run into that situation anyways,
00:08:47.120 whether it's fake or real,
00:08:48.720 like now,
00:08:49.240 you know the right thing to do,
00:08:50.220 right?
00:08:51.180 Exactly.
00:08:51.860 Exactly.
00:08:52.220 It's like common sense,
00:08:53.460 you know,
00:08:53.640 people,
00:08:54.260 you know,
00:08:54.580 just like they say,
00:08:55.360 common sense isn't so common these days.
00:08:57.460 That's true.
00:08:57.980 So how do you vet this information?
00:08:59.600 You talk about making sure and the responsibility we have as civilians to vet this type of stuff.
00:09:05.320 How do you suggest we do that?
00:09:06.720 First,
00:09:07.240 I mean,
00:09:07.420 Google is a powerful tool.
00:09:08.700 I think we all know that now we have to give it its legitimate purpose and its,
00:09:14.000 its capability and,
00:09:15.660 in doing,
00:09:16.400 in vetting information or seeing what's real and what's not.
00:09:18.520 So what I did when that came through is I literally,
00:09:21.860 you can take the entire,
00:09:23.180 I cut and pasted the entire paragraph and then pasted it right into the Google search bar.
00:09:29.520 And then that will automatically pop up every article using all those words and then that,
00:09:35.720 and all those words in that order.
00:09:37.700 I mean,
00:09:37.900 I think people know this by now.
00:09:39.260 And then immediately the first thing was from Dade County,
00:09:44.260 Miami,
00:09:44.880 the sheriff's department,
00:09:45.980 they put out that it is a hoax.
00:09:49.220 And then the next thing you're going to do is you're going to look,
00:09:51.820 is it coming from reputable sources?
00:09:54.240 You know,
00:09:54.440 is it from,
00:09:55.300 you know,
00:09:55.480 whether you're a Fox person or a CNN person,
00:09:58.480 those are the next steps.
00:09:59.760 And kind of,
00:10:00.820 you know,
00:10:01.020 is it coming from a reputable,
00:10:02.400 you know,
00:10:02.840 media or news agency?
00:10:04.700 Yeah,
00:10:04.980 no,
00:10:05.160 that's a,
00:10:05.540 that's valid.
00:10:05.960 And then just stopping for a second and probably just thinking for maybe 60 seconds
00:10:10.660 longer than you normally would.
00:10:11.860 Right.
00:10:12.760 Exactly.
00:10:13.340 I mean,
00:10:13.560 it's,
00:10:13.920 you know,
00:10:14.840 well,
00:10:15.060 yeah,
00:10:15.400 just be,
00:10:16.440 uh,
00:10:16.600 keep it simple.
00:10:17.540 Usually,
00:10:18.120 you know,
00:10:18.440 answers will pop out.
00:10:19.800 Yeah.
00:10:20.020 Cause I know I've seen on Facebook things like,
00:10:21.840 oh,
00:10:22.100 if you want to keep your car running longer,
00:10:23.940 pour sugar in the gas tank and you know,
00:10:25.840 people actually do this stuff,
00:10:27.080 you know,
00:10:27.280 it's crazy.
00:10:27.820 Oh yeah.
00:10:28.380 Yeah.
00:10:28.760 It's unfortunate,
00:10:29.720 but yeah,
00:10:30.500 America's a smart,
00:10:31.820 but not that smart sometimes.
00:10:33.000 I imagine too,
00:10:35.100 like you talk,
00:10:35.880 obviously you're talking about a hundred skills.
00:10:37.460 This is a completely different set of skills right here and all of them are valid,
00:10:41.320 but I imagine too,
00:10:42.720 there's a lot of crossover between one skill,
00:10:45.520 for example,
00:10:46.080 situational awareness and then how many other skills or situations that I could actually
00:10:50.560 could come to play in.
00:10:51.740 Right.
00:10:51.960 I mean,
00:10:52.200 are there a few baseline type skills that we should be developing that will cover
00:10:57.640 the broadest spectrum of something that might happen?
00:11:00.080 For the most part.
00:11:02.260 Yeah.
00:11:02.800 I mean,
00:11:03.060 it really breaks down to three big things that every guy should kind of pay attention
00:11:08.060 to.
00:11:08.460 And that's,
00:11:08.860 you know,
00:11:09.660 man-made,
00:11:11.140 non-man-made and medical events.
00:11:13.360 Right.
00:11:13.680 So man-made events is these day,
00:11:17.100 the most popular is,
00:11:18.240 you know,
00:11:18.360 like an active shooter situation,
00:11:20.000 um,
00:11:21.100 or a bombing of some sort.
00:11:22.640 Then in the non-man-made is going to be your natural disaster.
00:11:26.660 And it's obviously seasonal right now.
00:11:28.940 You know,
00:11:29.400 we just had that surge of tornadoes at the end of the summer.
00:11:32.820 You know,
00:11:33.080 you know,
00:11:33.340 you're going to have hurricanes and we're moving into blizzard and the,
00:11:37.120 uh,
00:11:37.500 the Arctic blasts that are going on across the nation.
00:11:39.880 So,
00:11:40.280 and then of course,
00:11:41.680 medical events,
00:11:42.500 you know,
00:11:42.740 and the medical event supports both the man-made non-man-made stuff.
00:11:47.220 So the book is broken out really into those three big categories so that if you
00:11:52.340 find yourself even lost in the middle of nowhere with zero technology all the
00:11:57.440 way to,
00:11:58.060 you know,
00:11:58.500 ransomware all of a sudden pops up on your computer,
00:12:01.160 you can solve your own problems,
00:12:03.640 prevent any further exploitation,
00:12:05.320 and then obviously prevent it from happening ever again.
00:12:10.140 And I really like what you said there,
00:12:11.260 solving your own problems.
00:12:12.440 I mean,
00:12:12.620 cause that,
00:12:13.000 that places the responsibility where it belongs.
00:12:15.160 I know there's a lot of people who would,
00:12:16.640 for example,
00:12:17.480 rely upon first responders and the response time might not be what you need it
00:12:21.540 to be.
00:12:21.940 There may not even be anybody around.
00:12:23.340 You may not have communication.
00:12:24.320 So really becoming self-reliant,
00:12:26.340 uh,
00:12:26.880 in order to handle these types of threats,
00:12:28.220 right?
00:12:29.180 Exactly.
00:12:29.760 Both books are all about self-rescue,
00:12:31.980 self-reliance.
00:12:32.720 The FBI did a study where it was like,
00:12:34.300 Hey,
00:12:35.020 you know,
00:12:35.280 of all these different hostage situations and these victims of different crisis and
00:12:39.280 asked them pretty simple questions.
00:12:41.720 The results that came out in the most common answer of what are you going to do?
00:12:45.340 Or what were you thinking?
00:12:46.260 They thought,
00:12:46.920 well,
00:12:47.200 I'm either going to be rescued or I'm going to die.
00:12:50.600 Most of them didn't think about self-rescue or being self-reliant.
00:12:55.580 And,
00:12:55.680 uh,
00:12:55.980 yeah,
00:12:56.460 I mean,
00:12:56.760 it's really when people get into that,
00:12:59.060 you know,
00:12:59.320 fight or flight mode,
00:13:00.540 we use the words fight or flight,
00:13:02.840 but the reality is most people just sit,
00:13:05.560 they barricade down and they hope for the best.
00:13:07.760 And,
00:13:08.160 uh,
00:13:08.760 when the reality is you need to be far more offensive,
00:13:11.180 not defensive in these situations.
00:13:13.460 And you've got to take some ownership in your own security posture.
00:13:17.000 And if you've got to crack heads,
00:13:18.620 crack heads.
00:13:19.280 If you've got to jump out a window,
00:13:20.940 jump out the window.
00:13:22.020 Obviously you've got to look at your,
00:13:23.440 look at your surroundings and start looking for exits,
00:13:26.960 start doing the right thing.
00:13:28.180 Is this human nature or is this a growing trend that maybe we're not as self-reliant as we once were?
00:13:34.760 Well,
00:13:34.920 the trend I'm seeing,
00:13:36.340 you're seeing,
00:13:36.840 everyone's seeing when it comes to any kind of event is their protocol.
00:13:41.740 Personal protocol these days has become,
00:13:44.340 maybe I'll call 911,
00:13:47.060 but for sure I'm going to film this and I'm going to post it.
00:13:51.460 Interesting.
00:13:52.000 And now with Facebook live,
00:13:54.500 as we just saw in the news with the beating of that kid,
00:13:57.660 it was all Facebook live and it was all about the popularity contest of social media
00:14:04.560 and how many likes or whatever I can get out of this and pumping it out onto the airways
00:14:10.340 as quickly as possible.
00:14:12.380 And,
00:14:12.400 and it,
00:14:13.340 you know,
00:14:13.600 then you and I both know 9-1-1,
00:14:16.360 then start solving your own problems until they get there.
00:14:19.380 Not 9-1-1,
00:14:20.540 film it,
00:14:21.080 post it,
00:14:21.560 or sit there and wait.
00:14:23.240 You've got to start doing something.
00:14:25.320 Right.
00:14:25.440 I mean,
00:14:25.720 the priority you would think would be,
00:14:27.660 to stay alive rather than to get some accolades for what I just posted or I was the first one to break this story,
00:14:33.820 right?
00:14:34.620 Right.
00:14:35.160 I mean,
00:14:35.620 it's,
00:14:35.980 it's amazing.
00:14:38.020 The number of people that will put themselves at risk just so they can get the good picture,
00:14:42.100 the good video.
00:14:42.900 It's,
00:14:43.320 it's getting a little out of control.
00:14:45.140 So in the,
00:14:45.960 in the video that we had just saw that you're referencing,
00:14:48.920 is there anything that you saw that the kid who was,
00:14:51.360 you know,
00:14:51.580 bound and,
00:14:52.300 and being abused is,
00:14:53.640 was there anything from your perspective that he might've considered doing differently?
00:14:57.280 I know you don't know the entire story.
00:14:58.720 I'm just curious what you have to say about it.
00:15:00.740 Yeah,
00:15:01.100 I think it,
00:15:01.840 it all starts with,
00:15:02.820 you know,
00:15:03.600 preventing yourself from being in that situation from,
00:15:05.840 from the get go,
00:15:06.760 right?
00:15:07.100 I mean,
00:15:07.960 pay it once again,
00:15:08.760 you go to the basics,
00:15:09.580 you're paying attention to your surroundings,
00:15:11.000 you know,
00:15:12.200 what is the third party?
00:15:13.320 What is the third party awareness in the area that you're in?
00:15:16.740 You know,
00:15:17.220 me after being a seal for 20 years and traveling this globe,
00:15:21.260 you know,
00:15:21.520 a lot of times by myself,
00:15:23.280 third party awareness became very crucial,
00:15:26.640 you know,
00:15:26.840 whether it's squatters on the side of the road that are watching you drive by,
00:15:30.120 or it's the grandma sitting up in her window because she doesn't have TV,
00:15:34.500 but she knows what time everybody walks by on her sidewalk every day and paying
00:15:41.140 attention to what people are paying attention to,
00:15:44.340 or paying attention to the people in your environment and asking yourself,
00:15:48.440 do I fit in here?
00:15:50.060 If you know,
00:15:50.640 am I,
00:15:51.160 am I a potential target where I'm sitting right now and what I'm doing?
00:15:56.040 And,
00:15:56.580 uh,
00:15:56.780 you got to ask yourself these questions as it relates to the people that are
00:16:00.180 potentially looking at you without even knowing you and passing nothing but
00:16:04.260 judgment or targeting you.
00:16:06.640 So you're talking about a dirty word here,
00:16:09.400 which is profiling,
00:16:10.480 right?
00:16:10.700 Is essentially what you're doing.
00:16:12.480 I'm,
00:16:13.000 I'm,
00:16:13.300 I don't want to put words in your mouth,
00:16:14.500 but that's what it sounds like.
00:16:15.340 So how do you even confront that?
00:16:17.860 Whether that's in your own mind or anyone else in this overly dramatic and
00:16:22.080 sensitive environment in which we live?
00:16:24.760 Yeah,
00:16:25.180 it's kind of,
00:16:25.840 it's actually,
00:16:26.380 it's the reciprocal of profiling,
00:16:28.780 right?
00:16:28.980 Because what,
00:16:29.720 what you're doing is you're asking yourself,
00:16:32.860 all right,
00:16:33.080 what do people think of me right now?
00:16:34.880 It starts with looking in the mirror before you walk out the door.
00:16:38.260 You know,
00:16:38.600 am I wearing big iconic logos on the front of my shirt that make me stand
00:16:42.500 out?
00:16:42.800 Am I wearing bright colors that make me stand out?
00:16:45.060 Am I,
00:16:45.800 am I wearing things or am I accessorizing myself with things of high value that
00:16:52.180 might get me targeted?
00:16:54.420 So it's projection and demeanor management before you walk out the door.
00:16:58.640 When you know exactly where you're going,
00:17:00.700 if you're going to work,
00:17:01.520 we know that that's a certain dress,
00:17:02.920 but does it have to be the Louis Vuitton purse or can it just be a black
00:17:07.440 standard purse?
00:17:08.340 I mean,
00:17:08.600 let's face it,
00:17:09.100 you're going to work.
00:17:10.020 So it's,
00:17:10.540 it's,
00:17:10.940 you got to really take a look at yourself before you even put yourself in
00:17:14.260 these environments and then prevent people from,
00:17:17.820 you want to be the gray guy.
00:17:18.960 You want to be invisible.
00:17:20.620 You want to be non-threatening.
00:17:22.680 You want to be the person that if for every guy that travels and sits in
00:17:26.900 like an airport,
00:17:28.260 especially like international flights,
00:17:30.500 you're sitting in that airport.
00:17:31.720 There's a lot of people that pass by that you never notice and that's who you
00:17:35.380 want to be.
00:17:36.700 Interesting.
00:17:36.840 Yeah.
00:17:36.980 Cause that was my next question.
00:17:38.100 Do you want to be the guy who,
00:17:39.240 who has the demeanor of don't screw with me or do you want to be completely
00:17:42.980 invisible?
00:17:43.520 So you kind of answered that question.
00:17:45.620 Yeah,
00:17:45.860 it's invisibility,
00:17:46.840 but you still need to be confident,
00:17:48.480 not cocky.
00:17:49.180 And you know,
00:17:50.500 let's face it,
00:17:51.220 the guys that look tough,
00:17:52.920 act tough,
00:17:53.640 you know,
00:17:53.840 look at me,
00:17:54.260 but don't look at me,
00:17:55.040 look at me,
00:17:55.840 but don't look at me.
00:17:57.260 Right.
00:17:57.640 If you look at me,
00:17:58.340 I'm going to kick your ass,
00:17:59.180 but I want you to look at me.
00:18:00.660 Cause I've got my,
00:18:02.060 yeah,
00:18:02.300 I've got my hair a certain way and I'm wearing this very tight t-shirt and I
00:18:07.040 want you to look at me,
00:18:08.020 but if you look at me,
00:18:08.960 you know,
00:18:09.160 I'm going to kick your ass.
00:18:09.880 So you want to prevent that whole piece.
00:18:12.800 And it's funny is like team guys or seals are notorious for this shit.
00:18:17.480 Like look at me,
00:18:18.240 but don't look at me.
00:18:19.420 Look at me.
00:18:20.220 I want you to look at me.
00:18:21.120 I want the women to look at me,
00:18:22.360 but don't look at me.
00:18:24.600 Yeah.
00:18:25.120 Yeah.
00:18:25.440 I think what you're talking about here is,
00:18:27.220 is actually being a man of substance,
00:18:29.460 right?
00:18:29.760 Having something underneath that's building this true confidence versus I'm going
00:18:33.160 to put on this persona so I can fake people out.
00:18:36.000 Exactly.
00:18:36.580 Yeah.
00:18:37.100 You're nailing it,
00:18:37.920 man.
00:18:38.020 It's just a,
00:18:39.300 you just want to be like the total wolf with the sheep skin on the outside,
00:18:43.760 you know,
00:18:44.200 just blend in,
00:18:45.280 but knowing that you're confident,
00:18:47.620 ready and can,
00:18:49.280 uh,
00:18:49.880 it can get some shit done when,
00:18:51.320 when,
00:18:51.740 when,
00:18:52.060 when things go bad.
00:18:53.300 Which I think is obviously the point of the book.
00:18:55.640 You know,
00:18:55.920 you got to be prepared.
00:18:56.860 You got to train,
00:18:57.520 you got to be ready for this stuff,
00:18:59.480 but how do you not allow this to consume your life?
00:19:03.560 Cause we all know the guy who's the prepper or the one who just takes it to
00:19:07.980 the absolute extreme and he's no longer functional in the rest of his life
00:19:11.600 because this has taken over.
00:19:13.160 Yeah.
00:19:13.420 Good question.
00:19:14.060 Yeah.
00:19:14.200 It's,
00:19:14.520 it's really about adopting some habits over time.
00:19:18.140 This isn't something you just turn on overnight.
00:19:19.900 You have to,
00:19:21.020 I always compare it to like our seatbelts,
00:19:23.140 you know,
00:19:23.500 there was a time when nobody wore seatbelts and then now you don't even
00:19:27.860 remember putting it on or taking it off.
00:19:29.720 And that's kind of what you have to do with anything security related because,
00:19:33.940 you know,
00:19:34.600 it's not convenient.
00:19:36.080 There,
00:19:36.240 there's nothing,
00:19:37.020 convenience and security are polar opposites,
00:19:41.240 right?
00:19:41.480 If something is very secure,
00:19:43.220 then it's probably not very convenient to get in and out of.
00:19:46.940 And the same thing,
00:19:48.100 right?
00:19:48.320 If it's something is very convenient,
00:19:50.100 then it's probably not that secure.
00:19:52.280 So it's a balance.
00:19:53.780 It's a balancing act.
00:19:54.680 So it's better to just give yourself,
00:19:56.820 Hey,
00:19:57.040 you know,
00:19:57.260 I'm going to focus on projection and demeanor management for the next couple
00:20:00.900 of months and adopt it to where it becomes like a seatbelt and putting it
00:20:05.680 on and putting it off.
00:20:06.580 And I don't even remember,
00:20:07.820 but it's a part of my lifestyle now.
00:20:10.300 And,
00:20:10.700 and it's going to,
00:20:11.880 over time,
00:20:12.820 if you slowly incorporate these things and make them all habits,
00:20:16.380 then you're going to be,
00:20:17.460 you know,
00:20:17.720 far better than 99% of the people that you're walking around.
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00:21:33.700 Now let me get back to my interview with Clint.
00:21:35.660 Well,
00:21:38.420 I think a lot of people are looking for the quick fix.
00:21:41.080 Hey,
00:21:41.300 what little tactic or what hack that's a popular term?
00:21:44.280 What hack can I implement right now that will immediately produce the
00:21:47.300 results I desire?
00:21:48.620 And I think what you're talking about is adopting a lifestyle as opposed to
00:21:52.360 trying to game the system.
00:21:53.940 True.
00:21:54.580 And even though the book is full of like,
00:21:56.200 you know,
00:21:56.560 quote unquote hacks,
00:21:57.480 right.
00:21:58.740 Keeping it simple,
00:21:59.700 keeping it digestible,
00:22:00.760 using everyday things around your house or in your environment to get,
00:22:03.920 get things done.
00:22:04.820 But you know,
00:22:06.420 but when you talk about how you carry yourself,
00:22:10.060 whether,
00:22:10.400 and even just,
00:22:11.220 I mean,
00:22:11.340 let's face it,
00:22:11.900 situational awareness.
00:22:13.040 I mean,
00:22:13.220 if you just tried to pay attention to everything all the time,
00:22:15.600 you,
00:22:15.820 you wouldn't be paying attention to anything.
00:22:18.160 So it's,
00:22:19.500 and it's,
00:22:19.900 and it's a total drag and energy sucker,
00:22:23.160 you know,
00:22:23.780 on your brain as well.
00:22:24.920 So you just got to adopt everything slowly.
00:22:28.060 And yeah,
00:22:28.700 like you said,
00:22:29.300 make it a lifestyle.
00:22:30.400 What are some of those common habits that you said you,
00:22:32.480 you need to start working in situational awareness?
00:22:34.820 Awareness,
00:22:35.700 demeanor management,
00:22:36.760 anything else that comes,
00:22:37.740 comes right off your mind?
00:22:39.760 The most important piece,
00:22:41.580 especially for guys who adopt is,
00:22:44.160 is learning to put your ego in check.
00:22:47.480 It really is your ego that drives the,
00:22:50.100 a lot of the train here.
00:22:51.540 When you put yourself out in the environment,
00:22:53.400 your ego dresses you each day.
00:22:55.880 Your ego is what walks you down the street.
00:22:58.880 Your ego is what makes you talk the way you talk.
00:23:02.600 So learning to kind of subdue it.
00:23:04.920 It's okay to be confident.
00:23:06.440 It's okay to have all these different strengths,
00:23:09.420 but when it starts to exude,
00:23:12.100 you know,
00:23:12.700 and it starts to come out and people start noticing it,
00:23:16.740 that's when your ego,
00:23:18.200 you know,
00:23:18.400 your ego kills,
00:23:19.600 especially in our community.
00:23:20.900 It's a big saying.
00:23:21.900 And,
00:23:22.140 uh,
00:23:22.780 you don't want your ego to get ahead of you.
00:23:24.720 You don't want your credibility to get ahead of you.
00:23:27.040 Um,
00:23:27.400 you just got to keep yourself in check,
00:23:29.340 I think is the first big piece of the equation,
00:23:31.940 because then that,
00:23:33.240 that branches off into so many lifestyle things that you're probably doing each day.
00:23:37.960 How do you know that your ego is getting in the way?
00:23:40.460 Cause we put boxes around ourselves and we have these little environments and that we operate.
00:23:44.200 We don't even know.
00:23:44.840 We don't ever look in the mirror.
00:23:46.260 So how do you know when it is your ego that's actually becoming a problem for you?
00:23:51.220 Uh,
00:23:51.740 I think a lot of people know.
00:23:53.180 I mean,
00:23:53.520 if you're the guy that's,
00:23:54.760 you know,
00:23:55.180 spending 20 minutes trying to figure out what you're going to wear,
00:23:57.900 uh,
00:23:58.860 and you're using entirely too much product in your hair,
00:24:01.640 then you're probably a guy that's really worried about your perception and based on looks.
00:24:07.960 If you're that guy,
00:24:09.080 you know,
00:24:09.560 you got to kind of tamper that shit down a little bit.
00:24:13.040 Um,
00:24:13.400 if you're going to the gym because there's mirrors,
00:24:15.940 well then,
00:24:16.820 you know,
00:24:17.080 I would say that you're there for the wrong reason.
00:24:19.560 You want to build functional strength so that you can handle yourself properly in a crisis.
00:24:23.860 You want to be able to carry your own body weight plus someone else's in,
00:24:28.060 in order to get out of a dicey situation or a crisis,
00:24:31.460 whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made,
00:24:34.600 you know,
00:24:35.100 um,
00:24:35.740 event.
00:24:36.280 So I think,
00:24:37.600 you know,
00:24:37.800 it's just a matter of really,
00:24:39.480 truly looking at yourself,
00:24:41.720 um,
00:24:43.080 stepping outside yourself and looking back is probably the better way of putting it.
00:24:47.000 And then correcting yourself slowly,
00:24:49.820 but surely and measurable over time.
00:24:51.820 Yeah.
00:24:52.260 And I think what you're talking about too is,
00:24:54.000 you know,
00:24:54.360 your motivation,
00:24:54.960 right?
00:24:55.340 Like what is your motivation for engaging in whatever exercise you happen to be engaging in
00:24:59.160 at any point?
00:25:00.280 Right.
00:25:00.800 Yeah.
00:25:01.060 If you're working out because you just want to look good,
00:25:03.180 well,
00:25:03.640 you know,
00:25:04.020 then you probably need to put your ego in check.
00:25:06.760 It's okay.
00:25:07.380 It's okay to look good.
00:25:08.460 Right.
00:25:08.740 But you just don't want to be doing things.
00:25:10.460 You just look good.
00:25:11.260 You want to be doing things for other reasons.
00:25:13.280 Well,
00:25:13.540 and you know,
00:25:14.020 and then the other side of that is if that's the motivation,
00:25:16.320 how long is that actually going to last?
00:25:18.100 Yeah.
00:25:18.360 Like you can't sustain that over a long period or even a lifetime,
00:25:21.200 which is what you probably should be doing.
00:25:22.880 You're dead on.
00:25:23.740 Well,
00:25:24.160 so you talked about the three sections.
00:25:26.460 So man-made,
00:25:27.300 non-man-made and then medical events,
00:25:29.100 but then you break it down even further.
00:25:30.720 Like you've got a personal preparedness,
00:25:32.800 navigation,
00:25:33.320 you've got a lot of different things in here.
00:25:34.520 Was there a certain section that you really enjoyed talking about,
00:25:39.220 discussing,
00:25:39.800 coming up with some of these tactics that you've gone through?
00:25:42.000 Yeah.
00:25:42.280 You know,
00:25:42.560 the,
00:25:42.800 the home security portion I thought was turned out really good and it's a lot of
00:25:48.320 information most people don't know.
00:25:50.520 And I enjoyed kind of putting that together because I think it's,
00:25:53.740 it's under,
00:25:54.940 you know,
00:25:55.580 discussed when we talk about everything from whether it's a,
00:25:58.920 a violent act inside your home or burglary or a burglary while you're gone.
00:26:06.100 These are things that people,
00:26:08.120 you know,
00:26:08.280 they get alarm systems and they,
00:26:09.840 you know,
00:26:10.140 they lock their doors or they think they're going to go buy some really high
00:26:13.100 security locks and that makes a difference or something.
00:26:15.120 And I wanted to shed some reality,
00:26:17.340 you know,
00:26:17.580 into the home security world and,
00:26:19.420 and give them some good tactics that,
00:26:22.060 that help to counter,
00:26:23.840 you know,
00:26:24.540 any aggressors coming your way.
00:26:26.480 Sure.
00:26:26.760 What are some common mistakes that you see most people make when it comes to,
00:26:30.020 cause I think what you use the term,
00:26:31.800 oh,
00:26:32.620 defending your domain,
00:26:33.900 right?
00:26:34.060 Is that what you're referring to here?
00:26:35.140 Yes.
00:26:35.620 Yes,
00:26:35.940 exactly.
00:26:36.660 So what are some common mistakes you see?
00:26:39.020 I think people focus a lot on alarm systems and locks,
00:26:42.760 locks being kind of like a,
00:26:44.680 they are a sense of security,
00:26:46.200 right?
00:26:46.520 It's a,
00:26:46.920 it's a dead bolt that goes into a door frame or a strike plate.
00:26:51.940 And then it retracts,
00:26:53.680 it goes in and out.
00:26:54.340 And people feel like if they've got a really good lock on there,
00:26:56.460 then somehow they're more secure.
00:26:57.580 The bolts themselves are the same pretty much across the board,
00:27:00.720 no matter what brand dead bolt you buy,
00:27:03.440 right?
00:27:03.520 That chunk of metal that goes in and out is exactly the same.
00:27:06.920 So what are you buying?
00:27:08.120 You're buying,
00:27:08.880 you're buying a lock,
00:27:11.420 which is a hugely five pin tumbler lock.
00:27:15.080 And so you can buy one that's very difficult to pick because it's got,
00:27:19.900 you know,
00:27:20.100 different kinds of pins inside and bad guys don't pick locks.
00:27:23.960 Right.
00:27:24.220 So kicking doors,
00:27:25.160 break doors now,
00:27:25.900 they kick the door.
00:27:27.660 So I,
00:27:28.900 you want to have locks,
00:27:30.180 but the,
00:27:30.780 where you need to concentrate is reinforcing the frame of your door,
00:27:33.940 which if you use,
00:27:35.300 you know,
00:27:35.620 two and a half to three inch wood screws and drill those things in all the
00:27:40.800 way around the perimeter,
00:27:41.880 especially on the hinge side and on the deadbolt side,
00:27:44.400 that's going to reinforce the strength of your frame.
00:27:47.160 So that,
00:27:47.760 that one mule kick to break your door frame and get your door open,
00:27:51.660 you just turned into five in order to have your door kicked in.
00:27:55.320 Which gives you some time and space,
00:27:56.780 right?
00:27:57.540 Exactly.
00:27:58.080 It gives you audibles,
00:27:58.880 right?
00:27:59.380 Kick one,
00:28:00.020 hopefully starts to wake you up.
00:28:01.500 Kick two,
00:28:02.120 definitely makes you go,
00:28:03.140 okay,
00:28:03.300 what's going on?
00:28:04.540 Kick three,
00:28:05.340 okay,
00:28:05.580 I'm grabbing my gun or I'm grabbing a light.
00:28:07.940 Kick four,
00:28:08.520 I'm calling 911.
00:28:09.820 Kick five,
00:28:10.960 you're already ready.
00:28:12.220 You know what I mean?
00:28:12.720 So you're creating audibles,
00:28:14.920 you're delaying,
00:28:16.140 you know,
00:28:16.440 there's the big D's of,
00:28:17.860 of defense,
00:28:18.680 right?
00:28:18.880 You want to one,
00:28:19.880 you want to deter them.
00:28:20.880 So,
00:28:21.180 okay,
00:28:21.340 somebody walking by my house,
00:28:22.680 I see cameras.
00:28:23.580 Okay,
00:28:23.700 I'm not going in that house.
00:28:25.480 You want to delay them.
00:28:27.300 So delaying could be anything from how you illuminate your home on the outside to obstacles you put in place.
00:28:33.580 You know,
00:28:33.680 it could be bushes,
00:28:34.460 hedges,
00:28:35.040 you know,
00:28:35.320 bollards,
00:28:36.040 planters,
00:28:36.760 whatever slows them down on their,
00:28:38.380 as they approach the home.
00:28:40.520 Then you want to deny completely,
00:28:42.360 which comes into more fortifying your home,
00:28:44.600 the doors,
00:28:45.020 the windows,
00:28:45.780 security systems,
00:28:46.500 all that.
00:28:46.880 And then of course,
00:28:47.820 detained.
00:28:49.160 And if you can detain them or get them detained,
00:28:52.680 and that's the next piece.
00:28:53.860 So what those four big D's do is create eccentric layers of security.
00:29:00.480 And if you just use some common sense,
00:29:02.460 you can do that without spending a whole lot of money and breaking the bank.
00:29:05.620 you know,
00:29:06.520 you know,
00:29:06.780 a lot of alarm systems are great,
00:29:08.500 but the problem is they're put in by technicians,
00:29:10.500 not by security guys.
00:29:12.580 And there is a difference.
00:29:14.560 And so sometimes cameras aren't put in the right place.
00:29:16.900 Sometimes keypads aren't put in the right place.
00:29:18.880 Sometimes panels are put in horrible places and any educated bad guy will
00:29:23.340 come in the house.
00:29:25.500 Keypads are beeping and they're going to the panel.
00:29:27.720 The panel is the brains of the system and that should be hidden.
00:29:30.280 It should be like in the top wall of a closet,
00:29:33.900 like in a bedroom that you don't use.
00:29:36.900 Sure.
00:29:37.740 They're not going to look there with where they're going to look is they're
00:29:39.940 going to look in the laundry room.
00:29:41.080 They're going to look in the master bedroom for the panel and sometimes even
00:29:44.220 the garage.
00:29:44.900 And then they're going to go disconnect the backup battery.
00:29:47.180 And the nine one one line.
00:29:49.200 And then,
00:29:50.420 you know,
00:29:50.600 now they can sit in the house all day long and not worry about the cops
00:29:53.420 showing up.
00:29:54.040 I like what you're talking about.
00:29:54.840 Cause what you're talking about too,
00:29:55.900 is like these added layers that you're talking about.
00:29:57.780 And I think that's important.
00:29:59.160 Cause I've heard,
00:29:59.760 I'll hear security guys,
00:30:01.020 alarm guys will say a dog's not going to do anything.
00:30:03.340 And then a dog owner is going to say,
00:30:04.580 Oh,
00:30:04.720 you don't need a security system.
00:30:05.800 You need a dog.
00:30:06.420 And it's like,
00:30:06.820 why do you have to choose one or the other?
00:30:08.660 Right?
00:30:09.440 Yeah.
00:30:09.740 So I did some interviews with like straight up professional burglars and the
00:30:14.760 two things that kept them away from a home was animals and kids.
00:30:19.800 Both of them are very unpredictable.
00:30:21.600 So even if you don't have kids and you put a,
00:30:24.040 a huffy big wheel or a tricycle in your front yard,
00:30:27.480 it's going to keep the bad guys away.
00:30:30.540 Illumination is a big one,
00:30:32.060 right?
00:30:32.400 Light your house up.
00:30:33.600 Cause they,
00:30:34.400 you know,
00:30:34.640 you want to make that bad guy feel naked if he's standing anywhere near your
00:30:38.100 house.
00:30:38.680 And that's what,
00:30:39.580 that's what that lighting does.
00:30:40.940 And if you don't want to spend the money on alarm system,
00:30:43.180 then have a guy come out,
00:30:44.960 have him give you a quote.
00:30:46.140 He's going to have the yard signs and the stickers.
00:30:48.980 He's going to have them leave those behind.
00:30:51.640 And if for those females or you guys out there that have a,
00:30:55.420 have a,
00:30:56.160 a girlfriend live in an apartment or whatever,
00:30:58.740 tell her to put a pair of size 12 cowboy boots outside her door and that'll
00:31:03.860 keep all the sexual predators away.
00:31:05.700 Interesting.
00:31:06.300 Yeah.
00:31:06.460 I never thought about that.
00:31:07.320 Yeah.
00:31:07.420 This is a lot of cool stuff that you could just think like little minor stuff,
00:31:10.160 right?
00:31:10.820 Oh,
00:31:11.000 it is.
00:31:11.460 Cause you know,
00:31:12.300 every bad guy does his own form of reconnaissance.
00:31:14.540 So you basically want to tell a story that,
00:31:17.580 that makes them move on to the next house.
00:31:19.620 Yeah.
00:31:19.940 Yeah.
00:31:20.220 You don't want to be the,
00:31:21.060 cause they're going to go after the easy target,
00:31:22.380 right?
00:31:22.600 And you don't want,
00:31:23.140 you don't want to be that easy target.
00:31:24.800 Yeah,
00:31:25.040 exactly.
00:31:25.480 They're going to,
00:31:25.800 and the other piece of this is guys that are coming at night typically are
00:31:30.220 coming for you guys that are coming during the day while you're at work
00:31:33.420 are coming for your stuff.
00:31:35.280 So you kind of,
00:31:36.300 you break it down to those two kind of those two genres of bad guys.
00:31:40.980 And then you start placing in your,
00:31:43.100 your layers so that what works at night works during the day and then you're
00:31:46.720 good to go.
00:31:47.400 Yeah.
00:31:47.860 Well,
00:31:48.100 the reason I like the two books is just because it is very consumable.
00:31:52.140 It's digestible,
00:31:53.040 easy little fixes,
00:31:53.920 but then it gets you thinking creatively about your situation and you could in
00:31:58.840 turn,
00:31:59.820 you know,
00:32:00.100 create a new solution that maybe you didn't even know existed before.
00:32:04.000 Cause you're thinking in the right mindset now,
00:32:06.340 right?
00:32:07.100 Exactly.
00:32:07.780 It's,
00:32:08.140 it's,
00:32:08.420 uh,
00:32:09.180 we want,
00:32:09.720 I,
00:32:10.100 I certainly want everyone to become kind of Martha Stewart's of their
00:32:13.760 environment.
00:32:14.300 You know,
00:32:14.860 what I,
00:32:15.640 what I put in there is just,
00:32:17.900 it's,
00:32:18.260 it,
00:32:18.400 it works.
00:32:19.520 Each skill will work for you,
00:32:21.220 but it's on you to kind of,
00:32:22.780 um,
00:32:23.820 adapt it to where you live and what you do and,
00:32:26.980 and then get those creative juices flowing.
00:32:29.960 And heck,
00:32:30.640 before you know it,
00:32:31.340 you're coming up with probably brand new ideas and you can write your own hundred
00:32:34.320 deadly skills.
00:32:35.240 Right.
00:32:35.720 Right.
00:32:36.840 Yeah.
00:32:37.800 Well,
00:32:38.260 so the other,
00:32:38.960 one of the other sections that I really liked was about surviving in the wild.
00:32:41.660 And I liked that you broke it up into environments or,
00:32:44.740 or areas like I'm,
00:32:45.740 I'm a mountainous desert type area.
00:32:47.500 So I could go straight to that stuff that applies to me.
00:32:50.080 Talk to me a little bit about maybe some of the skills that we should be aware of
00:32:53.620 when it comes to surviving the wild.
00:32:55.860 Yeah.
00:32:56.220 So I put that section in there cause I felt like a lot of the,
00:32:59.840 the very few survival books that are out there are very repetitive of things that have
00:33:05.340 been pulled from old army FM manuals,
00:33:08.680 you know,
00:33:09.040 survival books of the SAS and the United States army.
00:33:12.340 So I wanted to kind of ramp it up and give it a modern touch.
00:33:16.640 So,
00:33:17.680 you know,
00:33:18.000 those sections,
00:33:18.940 uh,
00:33:19.780 surviving in the wild really are applied to the people that it's not really about a
00:33:24.580 camping trip going bad.
00:33:26.100 It's about,
00:33:27.080 I took a wrong turn and we hear it all the time where,
00:33:29.980 you know,
00:33:30.640 these people,
00:33:31.100 they,
00:33:31.380 they take a,
00:33:32.100 they follow their GPS is,
00:33:33.680 they don't bother looking at maps anymore.
00:33:35.220 They find themselves all of a sudden on an unpaved road during a blizzard.
00:33:39.460 Um,
00:33:39.900 they get stuck because their GPS said,
00:33:42.020 take a right here.
00:33:43.380 And,
00:33:43.900 uh,
00:33:44.080 now they are there for the long haul and they have no idea what to do or how to
00:33:49.280 survive in those situations.
00:33:50.560 Well,
00:33:50.920 if you're going to spend the night in frigid environments,
00:33:53.600 and that's only just one example.
00:33:55.080 So I've wanted people to start thinking ahead,
00:33:57.940 you know,
00:33:58.140 you have floor mats and,
00:33:59.500 you know,
00:34:00.020 seat fabrics and all these things around you that can actually keep you warm.
00:34:03.860 And,
00:34:04.100 and especially the floor mats are made of like,
00:34:06.580 you know,
00:34:07.200 basically plastic and you couldn't ask for a better insulator,
00:34:10.620 right.
00:34:10.880 To keep the heat around you.
00:34:12.120 And,
00:34:12.880 um,
00:34:13.360 you know,
00:34:13.840 there's so many little tricks I've,
00:34:15.480 I've kind of put in there and,
00:34:17.920 uh,
00:34:18.320 it applies to camping trips gone bad,
00:34:20.140 but it's more so for,
00:34:21.640 you know,
00:34:22.040 just took a wrong turn.
00:34:23.240 And now you end up in the middle of nowhere lost without a,
00:34:26.120 without a,
00:34:26.620 without a phone signal.
00:34:27.760 And that's what I like.
00:34:28.860 I mean,
00:34:29.020 you're talking about just being prepared up front,
00:34:31.620 doing the,
00:34:32.220 doing the work up front so that you don't get caught with your pants down
00:34:35.220 essentially.
00:34:35.840 Yeah.
00:34:36.360 It's,
00:34:36.880 it's 100% about being more proactive and preemptive and taking some
00:34:41.060 ownership.
00:34:41.940 You know,
00:34:42.580 the,
00:34:42.720 the skills that used to be just common to,
00:34:47.640 you know,
00:34:47.920 our grandfathers,
00:34:49.240 you know,
00:34:49.800 people scratch their heads.
00:34:50.900 I did an interview with a,
00:34:52.240 with definitely a millennial and,
00:34:53.900 and she was like,
00:34:54.980 Oh,
00:34:55.180 so I didn't know you could use stars to navigate.
00:34:58.060 And I was like,
00:34:59.120 Oh boy.
00:35:01.680 Yeah.
00:35:02.480 So I'll have to watch that interview.
00:35:04.120 Cause that can be an interesting one.
00:35:05.920 Yeah.
00:35:06.820 Yeah.
00:35:07.040 So I made sure,
00:35:07.860 you know,
00:35:08.060 to kind of bring back skill sets that really are basic,
00:35:13.200 but,
00:35:13.560 but obviously adding a new twist and a new set of education so that people can
00:35:17.720 apply them to today's,
00:35:19.160 today's world,
00:35:19.920 today's threats,
00:35:20.660 today's issues.
00:35:21.700 Right.
00:35:21.880 And what's cool too,
00:35:22.660 is that like,
00:35:23.640 and I told you this last time we had our conversations that my oldest boy,
00:35:27.140 he's eight,
00:35:27.560 we can sit down and we can talk about this.
00:35:29.280 We can even do a lot of this stuff together because he's in scouting and a lot
00:35:32.160 of this stuff will pass out scouting requirements anyway.
00:35:34.620 So it's pretty cool to be able to do it together.
00:35:36.000 Oh yeah.
00:35:37.660 That's awesome.
00:35:38.360 Cause that's,
00:35:38.920 that's the other piece of this that I did.
00:35:40.400 I could have never predicted when I put these books together is how
00:35:43.300 influential they are with kids.
00:35:45.780 And,
00:35:46.320 uh,
00:35:47.080 which is great because now you're instilling these things in them,
00:35:50.760 um,
00:35:51.520 early on and it will truly make them,
00:35:54.460 you know,
00:35:54.900 ready for,
00:35:56.000 for life's challenges without a doubt,
00:35:57.840 especially scouting.
00:35:58.740 I'm a big scout guy.
00:35:59.560 I was an Eagle scout too.
00:36:00.860 Right on.
00:36:01.180 Yeah.
00:36:01.320 Right on.
00:36:01.960 One of the things I wanted to ask you about too,
00:36:03.920 as we kind of wind down here is,
00:36:05.500 and this isn't necessarily a skill that,
00:36:07.480 that,
00:36:07.760 that you put in the book,
00:36:08.460 but I wanted to talk with you about overcoming for maybe not having the right
00:36:13.060 term,
00:36:13.460 our emotions in the spur of the moment and thinking more clearly,
00:36:18.020 thinking more logically about things.
00:36:20.320 because I think sometimes we get,
00:36:21.700 you know,
00:36:22.300 foggy when,
00:36:22.980 uh,
00:36:23.780 shit hits the fan.
00:36:24.600 So how would you suggest somebody maybe deal with a threat that they might be experiencing
00:36:28.440 and,
00:36:28.780 and not get into that haze?
00:36:30.660 Yeah,
00:36:30.880 that's a good question.
00:36:31.780 So,
00:36:32.400 you know,
00:36:32.920 staying in control of your emotions and even physical reactions is,
00:36:38.280 uh,
00:36:38.980 is huge,
00:36:39.600 right?
00:36:39.920 This is something that goes with sensitizing yourself to situations before they happen.
00:36:45.540 Right.
00:36:46.020 So you,
00:36:47.400 you know,
00:36:47.680 the whole what if thing game,
00:36:49.120 we all,
00:36:49.460 we,
00:36:49.600 I think it's overused,
00:36:50.800 but it's underutilized and people don't,
00:36:53.520 what if enough,
00:36:54.500 you have to literally think about bad things happening to you,
00:37:01.040 but even better,
00:37:02.540 think about bad things happening to the people you love.
00:37:05.620 And that is going to have a direct line from what you're thinking in your mind to your emotions.
00:37:12.680 Without a doubt.
00:37:13.560 If I think about my little girl,
00:37:15.300 like getting kidnapped,
00:37:16.440 for example,
00:37:17.700 it immediately gets me all kinds of fired up.
00:37:21.460 Right.
00:37:22.180 And so when you think about things,
00:37:24.040 think about them in the terms of it happening to the people closest to you and sensitizing yourself to this.
00:37:29.840 And then you,
00:37:30.480 before you know it,
00:37:31.220 you're kind of calibrating your mind,
00:37:32.880 your emotions,
00:37:33.460 emotions and everything that,
00:37:34.820 that could become obstacles for you in the moment.
00:37:38.560 Now you're sensitizing them.
00:37:40.040 You've got them calibrated and it'll allow you to react in a more logical,
00:37:44.420 rational manner,
00:37:45.280 but this isn't going to happen overnight.
00:37:47.160 Just like anything else,
00:37:48.320 you've got to kind of always do this.
00:37:50.060 And so what I do is anytime I'm,
00:37:52.360 I'm out and about,
00:37:53.940 I am literally going,
00:37:55.240 all right,
00:37:55.620 let's say,
00:37:56.800 you know,
00:37:57.040 I'm at this stop sign and some idiot wants to come up and carjack me,
00:38:00.360 or I'm at an ATM machine and somebody wants to carjack me.
00:38:03.460 What would I do?
00:38:04.540 Okay.
00:38:04.860 All my doors are locked.
00:38:06.040 First thing,
00:38:06.560 my windows are up except for the one that's in use.
00:38:08.940 You know,
00:38:09.440 I still have it in drive.
00:38:10.960 I just have my foot on the brake.
00:38:12.600 We,
00:38:12.980 we tend to get very lax and then we get distracted.
00:38:16.560 And then before you know it,
00:38:17.640 we're vulnerable.
00:38:18.220 And so it's,
00:38:19.900 you got to implement,
00:38:21.320 it's once again,
00:38:21.880 you're implementing all these little things into your,
00:38:24.380 your as daily habits.
00:38:25.980 And before you know it,
00:38:26.960 they become have true habits.
00:38:28.640 And now you're increasing survivability.
00:38:30.900 You're sensitizing yourself to,
00:38:32.560 and you're reducing those opportunities of being vulnerable when bad things happen.
00:38:37.920 Right.
00:38:38.060 That's that deter phase that you're talking about,
00:38:39.960 right?
00:38:40.800 Exactly.
00:38:41.380 Yeah.
00:38:42.000 Well,
00:38:42.320 Clint,
00:38:42.500 we're,
00:38:42.740 we're winding down on time and obviously we're not even getting into the full depth.
00:38:46.120 Just,
00:38:46.480 just go get the book guys.
00:38:47.600 I mean,
00:38:47.800 check this out.
00:38:48.380 Like I've read both of them.
00:38:49.540 I go through them with my boys and we just have a great time going through this stuff.
00:38:52.580 And then it's practical too,
00:38:53.600 which is what I appreciate.
00:38:54.540 So as we wind down,
00:38:55.620 Clint,
00:38:55.780 I want to ask you for the second time,
00:38:58.460 what does it mean to be a man?
00:39:01.380 Well,
00:39:01.720 as it relates to our discussion,
00:39:03.000 I have to say one,
00:39:04.400 when it's time to be violent,
00:39:07.140 be aggressively violent.
00:39:10.460 Two,
00:39:11.140 if you have the opportunity to be prepared,
00:39:14.400 then you should,
00:39:15.660 you should always take the opportunity to prepare yourself the same way you prepare a meal or you build a fire or you do anything.
00:39:24.820 Be as prepared as you possibly can,
00:39:28.220 especially when you have time to do it.
00:39:30.260 It's better to do it now than to go,
00:39:33.420 oh shit,
00:39:34.160 in crisis and wish you had done it.
00:39:36.920 And the other piece is response.
00:39:40.020 Have a response.
00:39:40.660 Have a response to any situation already kind of thought out.
00:39:46.140 It's much better to have your decision made before crisis than to be making decisions in crisis.
00:39:54.320 So be violent,
00:39:55.520 be prepared,
00:39:56.160 and always have a response.
00:39:58.280 Awesome.
00:39:58.720 Love it.
00:39:59.100 Powerful stuff.
00:40:00.080 Well,
00:40:00.240 if someone wants to buy the book or learn more about the work that you're doing,
00:40:03.080 because I know you've got a couple of businesses,
00:40:04.840 Escape the Wolf,
00:40:05.520 Shadowgun Works.
00:40:06.260 If you want to talk about any of that stuff and direct us where we need to be,
00:40:08.820 please let us know right now.
00:40:09.780 All right.
00:40:10.960 So anything book related is at 100deadlyskills.com.
00:40:14.700 All the social media stuff is there along with links to buy the book.
00:40:18.780 If you happen to be a guy working at a company that needs policies,
00:40:23.760 whether it's workplace violence,
00:40:25.140 crisis management,
00:40:26.280 any of that stuff updated or any kind of vulnerability stuff done,
00:40:30.940 that's escape the wolf.com.
00:40:32.940 We'll come in,
00:40:33.800 we'll assess the company,
00:40:34.880 and we'll build out tailored workplace violence,
00:40:38.120 crisis management type policies so that the employees are better protected.
00:40:43.820 And then of course,
00:40:44.680 Shadowgun Works is new.
00:40:46.100 We're building custom guns,
00:40:48.500 handguns that will be right out of the box.
00:40:50.880 You open it up,
00:40:51.900 it already have all the trigger job,
00:40:53.940 weld job,
00:40:54.500 barrel job,
00:40:55.040 slide job,
00:40:55.660 every kind of job you can think of will already be done for half the price of
00:40:59.760 what you would do if you went and bought a regular gun and sent it to eight
00:41:02.560 different people over eight weeks period of time to get the
00:41:04.860 stuff done to your weapon.
00:41:06.100 Okay.
00:41:07.060 That's it.
00:41:08.100 Good.
00:41:08.260 We'll make sure we link all that up because that's a lot,
00:41:10.100 but all worth checking out.
00:41:11.600 So we'll make sure we link that up.
00:41:13.100 Clint,
00:41:13.220 I got to tell you again,
00:41:13.960 I appreciate you and the work that you're doing.
00:41:16.500 Obviously,
00:41:16.920 I appreciate your service to this country and,
00:41:18.740 and,
00:41:19.040 and I want to thank you for showing up again and having this conversation with
00:41:22.520 us.
00:41:22.660 Thanks for joining us.
00:41:23.880 Hey,
00:41:24.100 thank you,
00:41:24.620 Ryan.
00:41:24.920 And thanks for making men,
00:41:26.980 men again.
00:41:29.360 There you have it,
00:41:30.040 men,
00:41:30.180 Navy SEAL and New York Times bestselling author,
00:41:32.340 Clint Emerson,
00:41:33.040 sharing with us a bit about what it takes to be,
00:41:34.860 ready for whatever crisis life has to throw at us.
00:41:37.300 So go pick up the book and it's first one while you're there.
00:41:39.780 If you haven't already,
00:41:40.700 I think you're going to enjoy it.
00:41:41.640 And I know you'll get a ton of value from it.
00:41:43.620 Again,
00:41:43.960 just a quick reminder about our second live event,
00:41:45.620 the uprising.
00:41:46.140 We're going to sell out 25 spots this year.
00:41:48.180 I think we've got again,
00:41:49.360 three spots left and I want to see you there at the end of the day.
00:41:52.400 We're going to be competing in some activities,
00:41:54.220 some challenges,
00:41:54.920 all of those challenges and activities and exercise are going to be exactly what
00:41:58.760 you need to get your life to the next level and get you out of the rut that
00:42:02.160 you might find yourself in at this point.
00:42:03.380 You can learn more and claim your spot at order of man.com slash uprising.
00:42:07.240 Gentlemen,
00:42:07.700 I look forward to talking to you on Friday for our Friday field notes,
00:42:09.920 but until then take action and become the man you were meant to be.
00:42:13.480 Thank you for listening to the order of man podcast.
00:42:16.280 You're ready to take charge of your life and be more of the man you were meant to be.
00:42:20.060 We invite you to join the order at order of man.com.