Originally Posted by
Chance
This might be a stupid line of questions, so pardon me if that’s the case. But I’m curious to hear how people here have worked to develop a proactive mindset.
I have solid situational awareness (so far as I’m… aware), but I presently lack the tendency to proactively formulate solutions to potential problems. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet” as the mantra goes, is basically the mindset people geared towards self-defense are encouraged to develop.
My issue is that nothing in my day-to-day really encourages me to do this. Cops and warfighters have real, immediate cause to formulate these contingency plans in their head, and it’s easy to see how that assessment and planning becomes second nature. How are civilians, who are only confronted with the possibility of real violence a handful of times in their lives, supposed to do this?
Is this a simple matter of having the discipline to form the habit, or are there strategies you can use to teach people?