Situational Awareness: Personal Autonomy Now!

By Michael Morton

In today's fast-paced world, personal autonomy is more important than ever. The ability to make decisions, solve problems, and navigate life's challenges with confidence and independence is key to leading a successful and fulfilling life. This series guide breaks down the seven essential skills for personal autonomy: situational awareness, critical problem-solving, personal independence, emotional intelligence, decision-making, self-discipline, and adaptability. Each chapter delves into one of these skills, providing practical advice, real-life examples, and actionable tips to help you cultivate and strengthen your autonomy.

Situational Awareness: Learn how to stay alert and aware of your surroundings, anticipate potential threats, and make informed decisions in any environment.

Critical Problem-Solving: Discover how to analyze complex problems, think creatively, and develop effective solutions to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals.

Personal Independence: Uncover the secrets to becoming self-reliant and self-sufficient, breaking free from the constraints of societal expectations, and charting your own path in life.

Emotional Intelligence: Understand and manage your emotions, build strong relationships, and communicate effectively with others to create a positive and supportive environment for personal growth.

Decision-Making: Develop the skills to make confident, informed decisions, even under pressure or in the face of uncertainty.

Self-Discipline: Cultivate the ability to stay focused, persistent, and resilient in the pursuit of your goals, even in the face of setbacks and challenges.

Adaptability: Learn how to embrace change, adapt to new circumstances, and thrive in an ever-evolving world.

"Personal Autonomy: Mastering the 7 Essential Skills for an Empowered Life" is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to take control of their life and chart their own course towards success and fulfillment. Whether you're just starting out on your journey towards personal autonomy or you're looking to refine and expand your existing skills, this book provides the guidance and support you need to unleash your full potential and live life on your own terms.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to empower yourself and transform your life. Pick up your copy of "Personal Autonomy: Mastering the 7 Essential Skills for an Empowered Life" today and start unlocking the incredible power of personal autonomy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Morton
• Release date: Mar 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215252734

Michael Morton

MIKE MORTON – Mike is a former infantry and SWAT medic and has recently retired as a Law Enforcement Officer, serving since 1994. He has achieved advanced Police Certification in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. He holds an MA from the University of Arizona in Tucson. Mike has 35 years’ experience with firearms and over 40 years’ experience in Martial Arts/Combatives training. As a street cop, he has an abundance of practical experience. He is currently a Security and Risk Analysis consultant and private contractor for police training both in the USA and foreign countries. He has attended and successfully completed training in military and police special weapons and tactics courses, advanced defensive tactics as well as numerous counterdrug and counter terrorist special trainings. Mike is the daughter of two fiercely independent, confident, Alpha females.

Book preview

Chapter 1. Situational Awareness

Situational awareness can get you out of a violent confrontation or a potentially dangerous situation. It is a powerful tool that utilizes not only the clearly observable, but also the sixth sense. Gut Feeling? Woman’s Intuition? Yes indeed, and is it ever powerful, IF you develop it.

What Is It?

Situational awareness, or SA is the use of the sensory system to scan the environment with the purpose of identifying threats in the present or projecting those threats into the future.

Most people have no idea what SA is. They wander around blissfully self-absorbed in their...cell phone, as they cross the street in front of the city bus..

SA is paying attention to what is going on around you. Observing, monitoring, and adapting to both threats coming from the environment i.e. external threats, and what is going on within you, your body, and your mental state, as this potential external threat develops. it may develop within the next few moments, or the next few seconds. Long before I learned the terms situational awareness and the concept of the OODA Loop, I had substantial experience with situational awareness as a veteran street cop and SWAT officer.

With the multitude of information coming in every year from police officers, military personnel, and victims of crimes, a cutting-edge movement began to understand and implement situational awareness. A lot of people bled, suffered, and died, so that we may understand this information and apply it to our daily lives and to those of our children.

Let's break it down further.

Chapter 2. What Is Your Sensory System?

Did you notice in the definition, ‘use of the sensory system’ to scan your environment, it didn't mention anything about using your senses. Your sensory system uses various collection tools to gather information from your immediate surroundings. It then sends that information to your brain.

In the following article by Anne Kamiya, written in 2022, she details not only the function of the sensory system, but eight senses that contribute to the totality and functionality of the system. Other authors and contributors in the field pontificate that there are more than twenty-five senses! This survival tool refined by millennia of adaptivity is our