Before It Happens

David Burnell

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Most violence does not begin with a punch. It begins with a shift. A glance that lingers too long. A step that closes the distance without permission. A quiet instinct that something isn’t...

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Introduction

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Preface

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1. Situational Awareness is Your Superpower

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2. The Color Code of Mental Awareness

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3. What “Head on a Swivel” Really Means

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4. Parallax Vision and the Predator Within Us

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5. Your Personal Box — Boundaries, Intuition, and Space

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6. Reading the Room & the Streets

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7. Eyes, Hands, Direction of Travel

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8. Environmental Red Flags

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9. Secondary Locations Are Death Traps

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10. Mental Models for Survival

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11. The OODA Principle

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12. Surprise, Speed & Violence of Action

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13. How the Brain Reacts Under Stress

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14. Ethics, Empathy & Escape

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15. The Good Samaritan Dilemma

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16. De-escalation

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17. Necessity

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18. Conclusion

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About the Author

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