Instructables

Sometimes you might find yourself in a crisis. Years ago while Sara and I were at the Denver Fire Academy taking a fire fighting course for Palmer Station the instructor said to us, “The only thing that separates you from someone else in a time of crisis is training.” What he meant was that during times of extreme stress (like a building fire) everyone panics – firemen, non-firefighters, everyone. But if you think about the eventuality of, say a fire, and create a plan for; fighting, fleeing, protection from, then you will be able to set down neural pathways that will help you to make coherent decisions rather than succumbing to panic and shock.

After our training I found myself having a much more aggressive stance toward fire, emergency, accidents etc. Now, when confronted with car accidents, brush fires, or strange columns of smoke I find myself going coolly toward the danger with my senses heightened, looking for the tell-tail signs ready to react to it with my training.

Savvy Nomads are people who are constantly putting themselves into situations which ask them to call up their cool inner confidence. But this isn’t an innate skill. It requires practice, learning and the desire to learn. A Savvy Nomad doesn’t consider this a burden, they are naturally inquisitive and learning how to deal with crisis is for them like drinking water – a necessity.

For all the Savvy Nomads out there who have to continue their education here is a link to a clever site: Instructables and a video on how to make a stove in a pinch with some recyclables and lighter fluid.


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