[February 5, 2015] How to Develop the Situational Awareness of Jason Bourne

The Art of Manliness ^ | February 5, 2015 | Brett & Kate McKay

[combat_boots]

There’s a scene at the beginning of The Bourne Identity where the film’s protagonist is sitting in a diner, trying to figure out who he is and why he has a bunch of passports and a gun stashed in a safety deposit box. Bourne also notices that he, well, notices things that other people don’t.

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That superhuman ability to observe his surroundings and make detailed assessments about his environment? It’s not just a trait of top secret operatives; it’s a skill known as situational awareness, and you can possess it too.

As the names implies, situational awareness is simply knowing what’s going on around you. It sounds easy in principle, but in reality requires much practice. And while it is taught to soldiers, law enforcement officers, and yes, government-trained assassins, it’s an important skill for civilians to learn as well. In a dangerous situation, being aware of a threat even seconds before everyone else can keep you and your loved ones safe.

[circlecity]

Good article. Situational awareness is the first rule of self defense.

[nascarnation]

Thanks.
In the Era of Baraq, we all need to be very careful.

[Claud]

Ever see Seinfeld say the exact same thing to actors, right to their faces?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsoEJquVrDw

Priceless.

[PGR88]

I think it was the Chinese philosopher Mencius (a follower of Confucius) who said: “you don’t need to speak (to me). What you are is already screaming at me.”

[wally_bert]

I try not to notice Matt Damon.

[nascarnation]

If it wasn’t for people mentioning him on FR, I’d have no idea who the guy is LOL

[DungeonMaster]

How to Develop the Situational Awareness of Jason Bourne

Have someone throw a bag over your head and throw you in a tank of water. That was his whole training program. $30,000,000

[Sans-Culotte]

While I cannot claim to have Jason Bourne's SA (situational awareness), I do believe mine is heightened due to having been robbed once in a store where I worked. It was a situation in which everyone was forced to lie face down on the floor while our valuables were taken by the armed thieves (this was over 30 years ago, so they could have been brothers, but not sons of Obama).

Since that time, I look for perps everywhere. Like wild Bill Hickok, I like to sit where I am facing the door. I liken it to that sci-fi movie "They Live", in which the earth had been taken over by aliens who looked normal; but with special glasses, one could see the true alien's face. Being robbed at gunpoint strips a filter off your eyesight and makes things clearer.

[bray]

Matt Damon has well armed bodyguards to take care of situational awareness.

Pray America wakes

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I practice it as much as I can when I am out and about. But usually, my wife is talking and she gets perturbed because she thinks I'm not paying attention to her.

</sarcasm>

[Dacula]

Double bookmark

[Cats Pajamas]

More like situational awareness of a lefty socialist hypocrite like Matt Demon.

[Bulwyf]

That’s a must read for everyone.

[combat_boots]

I’m sorry but also glad that happened to you in a way that you survived.

Nothing like bad things happening to you to make you ‘think street.’

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Prepper Ping

Situational Awareness (learning/ develop the skill )

and overcomming "Normalcy Bias" ( with additional thread hotlinks)

[CodeToad]

Matt Damon is a liberal actor. He has no awareness. It was just a movie.

[combat_boots]

True, but the actual points on situational awareness, as listed/discussed in the article, are valid.

[CodeToad]

When you start by using a factional fantasy as a basis for reasoning...

[Bulwyf]

That’s a must read for everyone.

[combat_boots]

“The Tao of Boyd: How to Master the OODA Loop”
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/09/15/ooda-loop/