by Jeff Price | Oct 25, 2013 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
To compare air cargo security prior to 9/11 and post-9/11 is like comparing apples to automobile parts. Airport security has traditionally been focused on protecting the highest value target on the airfield which is the passenger jet. There have been very few...
by Jeff Price | Oct 24, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
Force equals Mass times Acceleration (F=Ma) It’s a basic equation in physics and applies in violent encounters. If you can apply enough force, using either mass, acceleration or both, you can ‘force’ someone to have a reaction. If you hit them in the...
by Jeff Price | Oct 24, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
We all loved Mr. Miyagi, but John Kreese (played by Martin Kove) in Karate Kid actually had it right. Want to win a fight, “strike first, strike hard, no mercy sir!” I remember my parents telling me never to start a fight, but to always finish a fight....
by Jeff Price | Oct 23, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
Something that I find interesting about predators is that there seem to be two types, the BSD’s, also known as Big Scary Dudes, and the Stealth Attackers. BSD’s are the ones that you see coming. These are the people that the moment you lay eyes on them you...
by Jeff Price | Oct 22, 2013 | Life & Career Success, Personal Safety
Just the other day at church my five-year-old told me that another kid punched him in Sunday school class. I don’t really remember the reason, something about who was first in line…whatever, they’re five it doesn’t matter. Anyway, my next...
by Jeff Price | Oct 21, 2013 | Aircraft Lasing, Aviation Security
You may have heard recently about the lasing incidents taking place at LaGuardia Airport, and if you haven’t, check this link. Or, if you don’t like checking links, here’s the short version: Several aircraft have been hit with lasers while on...
by Jeff Price | Oct 20, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
Why is it that leaders, managers and even parents have a tendency to focus on what’s wrong rather than what’s right? Neuroscience has shown that we care more about the threat of bad things than we do about the prospect of good things (Carnegie and Cole...
by Jeff Price | Oct 20, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
I sometimes get asked big question that sounds like this: “What if I am doing all of these things to try to connect and build rapport but the other person is trying to do the same things, will we kind of cancel each other out?” No. In fact the exact...
by Jeff Price | Oct 19, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
Are you hearing the world, “really?” a lot when you talk to someone? That may be a sign that they aren’t listening and are just being polite. You think they are engaged and hanging on your every word, meanwhile they are silently hoping for an easy...
by Jeff Price | Oct 18, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
Ever notice that when you go outside for a couple of minutes and come back in your dog loses its mind as if you just been gone for an eternity? (Carnegie & Cole 39) This is also something little kids do for their parents when they are still to young to argue and...
