You are the asset. Not a target, not a victim. The thing worth protecting, and the instrument that does the protecting.
Security is a skill of perception, not fear. Read people. Read rooms.
Think like a criminal, behave with honor.
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Being Security-minded it’s not a gift you're born with, it's a skill, and it runs in one order:
The trick is to be aware of what normal looks like (the baseline), and the mind will flag what’s not for free.
Paranoia is focusing on danger-first.
- Protect the Asset
“Know Thy Self” is a common phrase but what does it mean applied to real life?
It means you have a unique set of experiences (good or bad), failures, achievements, and, trauma that once brought to light they become THE light.
They’re all advantages, unique to you, to decode the world’s patterns only you can see. They can be applied to every domain in life.
I apply my own to several aspects of my life and one in particular is Security.
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