"[February 15, 2015] How to Develop the Situational Awareness of Jason Bourne"

“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. “

”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.”

H/T to Combat_Boots “ True, but the actual points on situational awareness, as listed/discussed in the article, are valid. “ (2/15/16)

I use: plan, assess, test, revise, retest, execute.

I am planning to get gas for my car. 10pm on Friday night? No. 7:30 Sat morning? Yes.

Most all of the recommendations above, assume the plan is fixed.

In my World 90% of safety is achieved by planning, not by identifying risks after a defective plan lands me somewhere stupid.

If people go down to the end of the town well what can anyone do?

anton :" I use: plan, assess, test, revise, retest, execute..
..Most all of the recommendations above, assume the plan is fixed.
In my World 90% of safety is achieved by planning,
not by identifying risks after a defective plan lands me somewhere stupid."

Your series of procedures remind me of the action movie: "The Mechanic" (2011) with Jason Statton.
He was so organized that he had a Plan A, Plan B, and even a Plan C (fail safe), as he trained his apprentice.
An interesting movie, and is well worth a watch for developing back-up plans, and anticipating the unexpected FUBAR.
My only concern is that too much organization and planning,( if there is such a thing), tends to stifle spontaneity and quick reaction to the unanticipated event.
Also, the movie scored a 96% Rotten Tomatoes award.

I’ll have to check out The Mechanic.

My approach is a complicated way of saying I don’t go near thugs or shitty locations any time it can be avoided, even to my own inconvenience. If something I want to see is in a bad part of town or at a bad time or bad access I skip it. Not a second thought.

I had to tell a friend: “if your future daughter in law wants her wedding reception where you said, save yourself some $$. Don’t invite me. I’m not walking around that neighborhood on a Sat night.” I cc a Ruger LCR in .357 and I still don’t go anywhere questionable.

anton :".. I still don’t go anywhere questionable."

A Very Good Call !
When you eliminate someone else's emotional turmoil
you can feel confident that you made the right decision,
and then they know what your limitations are, with no question.
You have set a boundary for your own personal safety that you will not cross
Good on Ya ! (Aussie speak)

Every police officer I have known concealed carry. Part of it is their devotion to duty and that they’re always on the clock and some of the $h!t that they see everyday in the line of duty.
I tell people to follow their Facebook 911 group in their area. If a person doesn’t CC after about a month, they’re beyond hope.

I am not even talking about that stuff. Wait a year or so, to let this conversation fade from the memory of your local surveillance, which I am sure is reading this. Then strap on a tool belt, with a hammer on it, grab a ladder, and walk out to the telephone pole outside your house. Put the ladder up against it, climb up to the lower level of comm wires, and begin banging on the poll with the hammer. Depending on how rural the area you live in, within thirty seconds to two minutes a vehicle will likely drive by, maybe slowly. That is covert vehicular surveillance, called up and rolled to you by a house somewhere nearby which looks like a residence, but which is actually a surveillance observation post assigned to watch your sector/neighborhood.

Whoever is in there will know you by sight, even though you have never seen them before, and they will probably have a few transcripts from inside your house in the file they maintain on you, as part of their responsibilities to know everyone in your sector of the US domestic surveillance agency’s nationwide program of monitoring.

I can almost guarantee for at least twenty or thirty days out of your life, and maybe much more, you have had periodic followers from the program follow you around everywhere, even through grocery stores, clocking what you buy, as part of the routine monitoring the agency does on all Americans, to create as complete a picture as possible in your file.

From what I see, it is now worse in the US than it was under the heights of the Stasi in East Germany.

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