Mike Carruthers

How safe are you when you and the members of your family walk out of your house, or even when you're in your house?

Are you safe from harm?

We all like to think we're safe, and probably are most of the time.

But all of us have been in situations that seemed unsafe, or we felt might be unsafe.

Little warning bells went off in our head, and maybe we listened to those warnings, and maybe we didn't.

Maybe we didn't want to offend someone, so we ignored them.

Personal safety is important and sometimes a little tricky.

You don't want to think of everyone you meet and every situation you're in as a potential threat.

That would be exhausting.

Still, it's important to plan and think about what you would do if things went wrong.

Here with some insight and some very practical and sensible advice about personal safety is Spencer Corson.

He's a nationally recognized threat management expert, founder of Corson Security Group in Austin, Texas, and author of the book, The Safety Trap, a security expert's secrets for staying safe in a dangerous world.

Hi, Spencer.

Thanks for joining me today.

So what's your sense of how dangerous the world is?

Despite how anxious people get about their security and their safety, it doesn't seem like, you know, except for maybe getting an alarm system for the house and making sure you lock your front door, it doesn't seem like people do a lot to prepare for that because you can't prepare for every possible situation.

threat that could occur.

So you tend not to prepare for any threat that could occur.

So what do you suggest people do?

And so what does that mean to have a healthy skepticism?