What is happening globally may have its indirect or direct impacts on your family at home. Intel takes on the form of events happening in your community and country. Rule #3 Get Intel, Assess Risk & Prioritize Action Both soldiers progressed past panic to sound decisions. The common pattern in both stories is clear. Take one deep breath and center yourself in the middle of the storm around you. Major Robert Henry Cain kept 100% focus on keeping his people alive and neutralizing the threat. Under bombs and gunfire, every sense alerts you on how to act. Robert stuffed bandages in his ears and continued on to personally destroy another five tanks. The very next day, deafening blasts ruptured his ear drums. Thirty minutes later, with sight still barely returning, Robert rushed back onto the front lines. Blind but aware there was another tank behind, Robert shouted every curse he knew to destroy it. Robert’s sight was shattered by shrapnel. Shelled upon in a holding position, Robert’s fellow soldier was immediately killed.

Major Robert Henry Cain single-handedly destroyed six tanks. Most people’s refrigerators include ketchup, some drinks, and freezer-burned goods.Īs it takes a certain mindset to be practically prepared for all eventualities, some people won’t be able to fully comprehend what you’re doing.īut when disaster does strike, they’ll remember all the unnecessary extra details you may have talked about. You don’t have to go into great detail about all the great survival aspects of your gear and explain every stage of your exit plans. Your careful preparations and growing skills may breed jealousy. While it’s good to engage in healthy conversation, try to refrain from boasting, flaunting, or anything that’s showing off in general.

Often, while you’re preparing your stock or packing your gear, your friends may ask you about your stock, plans, or gear. When they run out of food and water, they’ll come to your home. The more they know of what your prepping plans are, the more they will think of you. Think about how they will view your resources when they have people depending on them. When your cupboards and pantries are starting to look like Martha Stewart’s, it isn’t uncommon for a neighbor to think of your home when they’re out of something now, think about that thought when SHTF and grocery stores are shut down. Have you ever had a neighbor ask you for a cup of milk?

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