Below are some street smart tips that could potentially help you one day or better still save your life one day
1. Always carry a few coins in your pocket. If someone confronts you with a knife you pull the coins subtly from your pocket and drop them on the floor. The attacker will always look down to the floor upon hearing the coins drop and this will buy you a second or two to turn and run. This can also be used if someone is intent on fighting you and you know you need to land the first blow, it’s a distraction technique.
2. Never use an ATM while wearing headphones and if wearing a coat/hoodie, never have the hood up, both will affect your awareness and makes you more likely to be robbed.
3. When entering any room, work out where every available exit and hiding place is. In the event of an emergency you will react a hell of a lot quicker if you have planned scenarios in your head, it will make you far less likely to freeze up.
4. Keep it low profile, do not make yourself look like a walking money wallet. This one actually triggers me sometimes. It doesn’t even need to be a question about safety per say. There is no way or situation in life where anyone needs to flash their wealth. I don’t see the point. But if we are talking about safety, flashing your money around can bring unwanted attention and eventually even potentially a scary situation in your life where someone can take advantage of that and do something about that, which can affect you negatively. Having nice clothes and being clean and put together isn’t the issue, being in the club and yelling that you can pay for everyone can potentially become an issue. So don’t do that, even if you can. If you want to spend your money, spend it on a greater cause
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