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What's Your Opinion?Tony Jackson (92)    Globalnologies Corp. Does a Safe Environment Exist Anymore, Anywhere—Think You’re Safe, Think AgainPosted Thursday, August 07, 2008 (1 year 108 days ago.) Viewed 38 times. Living free of danger is a primary response to avoiding potential disastrous circumstances. Whether the caretaker or caregiver, the basic need to feel safe manifest the desire of establishing comfort zones. In fact, this desire could carry unprecedented burdens of fear, anxiety, and a need to be considerate of actions attributed to dangerous surroundings. There was a time when the home was considered the safest environment, but society ills have even taken away the most serene and precious safe point of security for many people. Home invasions on the rise, carjacking increasing, homicides, injuries, car accidents, shootings in schools, at work, and even in churches are commonplace. A host of other criminal acts such as identity theft, white and blue-collar crimes committed against humanity, and over active self-indulgence leading to a number of crimes has created an environment where safety and security is constantly a challenge. Have you noticed the severe nature of weather lately? Are you confident that you are safe? Add to this the events of 911, war, international threats of terrorism, and a ballooning national debt. Further, economic instability, decrease of natural resources, jobs being eliminated, and freedoms that are considered indelible rights of a democratic society are reducing the hope of fulfilling the American Dream. All of these current occurrences challenge safety and security on many fronts. Let's face it, we are not in Kansas anymore, in fact, Kansas has left the building. Are you sure that you are safe? Simply watching the news or hearing of horrifying incidences where life, property, or love ones are faced with the potential of negative circumstances or events could leave an impression that call ones on safety into question. Do people of all walks of life really feel safe, protected, and secure in dangerous environments or societies, and if not-why not? More importantly, on this great chessboard of life, what is being done to create a safer environment for all people, cultures, and protection of civil liberties-providing a small piece of mind for the masses of humanity living in fear? There is no doubt that human feelings are expressed in many emotions-some real, some manufactured, and well, others that are simply fears created in the mind, or not real at all. One of the greatest fears that influence all life is the fear of death or dying. Not necessarily physical death in every instance, but death of relationships, death of financial stability, death of upward mobility or progression towards a goal or dream, even the death of a job or livelihood and of course, failure-to name a few. Any one of these occurrences could influence ones safety, security, life and yes, concern for your own mortality. So, why are you afraid-should you be afraid at all? While many people always have at the forefront of thought to any potential dangerous situation a caring nature, it is the man or woman in the mirror that is most afraid. When it comes to safety, we generally use the terms "be safe or be careful," do we really mean it or has it simply become a saying with no lasting value if not put into actual practice to eliminate fears, anxieties, and hope of a successful outcome? One of the major problems recognized as a threat to safety is the universal belief that one is inherently safe by default. It-you may define this "it," will never happen to me or my family, right? Danger and safety concerns persist within an environment or society that let their guard down and are more prone to an incident occurring when least expected. The full effect of any safety concern is never felt until it is closer to home or directly impact personal lives or those closest to you. Even then, most would remain in denial, simply considering "it" an isolated and unfortunate incident. Again, do you feel safe-can a potentially dangerous situation be controlled to influence a positive outcome? Here are six key considerations to assist with safety and security vulnerabilities: 1. By no means for one second think or believe you are inherently safe from any potential incident or threat-in fact, it could happen to anyone, anywhere, and at anytime, immunity does not exist; 2. Become intuitively conscious of your surroundings, and always have an action plan, not a reaction to potentially dangerous environments-win over fears by being proactive; 3. Most incidences occur when least expected, always think from the worst case scenario and plan accordingly to produce the safest environment possible from potential threats; 4. Be offensive minded, view all environments as dangerous until proven otherwise-stay alert to what is happening around you: think safety and security first; 5. Vulnerability creates a cause-and-effect for intended or even unintended (innocent) victims-plug any holes or gaps that may present a challenge to facilitating a personal comfort zone; and 6. If safety is a high concern, letting go through "acceptance of the potential dangers" will eliminate anxiety and fear--establishing a healthy positive attitude that leads to personal protection and coping with threats to safety. With so many challenges to creating safer environments, personal vigilance is the single most important factor to safety for you, co-workers, friends, guests, and yes, loved ones. Letting go of fear and adopting safety habits that reduce the potential of an incident occurring will in fact provide peace of mind when faced with imminent danger. Feeling safe is only one approach to facilitating a secure environment. However, actually being safe through a series of checks, balances, planning, and due diligence on your part is far more tenable than simply becoming another statistic--begin today. About the Author: Tony Jackson is an expert on "loss prevention" strategies and tactical safety devices. He is located in Atlanta , Georgia USA. To learn more, and to receive Tony's free "safety newsletter," please visit www.globalnologies.com. You may also contact Tony directly at tonyj@globalnologies.com. 
Permalink Comments (0) Critical Mass Safety Transformation—Winning Is EverythingPosted Friday, August 01, 2008 (1 year 114 days ago.) Viewed 13 times. In 1959, Vince Lombardi inherited the 1-10-1 Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. During the next eight years, Lombardi's Packers dominated the league, winning six divisional championships, five league championships, and two Super Bowls. While Lombardi's success and winning attitude is one of the greatest success stories for the ages, higher visibility safety solutions are writing a new success story in the safety industry. Lombardi's winning attitude and overall results in the National Football League align with a vital highest ideal: Being Safe is No Accident. Simply stated, new safety technologies are poised to completely eradicate deaths, injuries, and safety concerns of businesses and general consumers alike from dangerous highway environments. While this may appear on the surface an insurmountable task or lofty goal, it provides the basic premise of why higher visibility safety solutions exist. By serving in a capacity that makes a difference in exceeding challenges to sustaining a safe environment for businesses, personnel, and company assets, including consumers seeking better protection from accidents, these solutions are making a difference. To say it a differently, yet even more profoundly, brighter, more efficient, and costs effective solutions enable consumers and businesses to "win," feel confident in highway solutions, products, and strategies deployed, and secure dangerous environments that bring about the greatest return-focused loss prevention protection as a matter of habit. Why, you may ask are these safety solutions winning and succeeding at securing dangerous highway environments? Good question and it holds the highest ideals to be the absolute most effective solutions in the incident management industry. It could best be summed-up in the winning tradition of the late Vince Lombardi when he said: "Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." He went on to say , "I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour-his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear-is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle-victorious." New safety innovations parallel that of Lombardi's winning tradition-because they genuinely and proactively protect consumers and business assets from losses, deaths, or devastating injuries. To exist otherwise, would make the technologically advanced solutions simply another safety product-yet, by comparison of extensive findings, the safety solutions behind this revolutionary prospect of eradicating accidents is totally committed to winning at creating safer environments. Taking pride in "nose-to-the-grind" safety innovations, technology developments, and exceeding new safety requirements, consumer and commercial safety success is a means to an end for lowering accidents in a number of high-profile industries. However, consumers and business decision-makers have the biggest part in the ultimate success of higher visibility safety solutions and advanced protection from accidents-the decision to determine what is in the best interest of being proactive instead of reactive to secure dangerous environments. The questions remain to satisfy a quest to foil rising accidents includes: 1. Does the desire to eradicating deaths and injuries exist as a high priority? 2. Is safety just another necessary evil--forced upon businesses and consumers through regulatory authorities where meeting the bare minimum standards are considered a norm? 3. Does creating a Zero Percent Accident environment really matter? 4. Are current safety standards at the highest levels possible to sufficiently protect personnel, consumers, and company assets? 5. Does a winning attitude toward accident avoidance exist or has luck taken the form of safety initiatives, simply if an accident occurs, it is happenstance? With so many safety products on the market today and companies that are capable of selling traditional products, how does one choose the most cost effective solutions for unique dangerous environments? Consider these wise words from Power of Intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer when he said, "change the way you look at things, and things you look at change." Hitting critical mass, which ideally could be one devastating accident, it's already too late. Then the question become, what could have been done better to protect against accidents in dangerous highway environments? Well, the opportunity to be proactive is now because the technology exists that is making a real difference when it comes to full protection from deaths, injuries, and company assets. As Lombardi did with his '59 Packers, higher visibility safety solutions are engaging the safety battle and could be deployed when building a winning tradition that strives to make safety "an all-the-time-thing." It's about a direct connection to focus on a single targeted goal. When it comes to eradicating deaths, injuries, and protecting company assets, winning is everything and an expressed declaration to safety success. Lombardi provided the positive attitude that echo throughout the ages-winning is a habit, and winning is always the best safety solution. Feeling safe is one thing, but actually knowing it is much better because Being Safe is No Accident. About the Author: Tony Jackson is an expert on "loss prevention" strategies and tactical safety devices. He is located in Atlanta , Georgia USA. To learn more, and to receive Tony's free "vehicle safety newsletter," please visit http://www.globalnologies.com. You may also contact Tony directly at tonyj@globalnologies.com .
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