Quotes from Marc MacYoung

The only thing a bucket of shit is worth is the price of the bucket.

Especially with higher levels of force, it's critical you are videoed making your statement and having your attorney present. We won't go into the whys, but this pre-existing knowledge must be embedded in your statement.

But there's good news, folks. If you play your cards right in situations like the one above, you can avoid violence altogether most of the time. What's more, you can do so without having to back down or feeling like a wimp. These are the social dynamics this book is going to teach you.

threat assessment models is AOI (ability opportunity, and intent).

Assimilate the principles (or, core) of a system, and you can tack on the details later if you're interested.

Awareness is the key to self-defense.

If you learn how to read the different operating systems and how they affect people's behavior, you will be much safer.

Think about self-defense less as what you do and more about what you don't do.

A very good summation is: Self-defense is when you have no other good option. Fighting is when you're part of the problem. If the cop decides and the prosecutor can sell that you were involved in the creation of circumstances that led to violence, you're screwed – especially if they're right.

Como se de se

you have to be a giant mirror. If someone comes at you with respect, you treat him with respect. If someone comes at you with no regard to your life or well-being, you do the same.

You fight to win. Honor, fair play, and nobility are things that you use to wipe your ass with. Second place is in the morgue.

If you're good enough to survive, you're going to have to accept that down the road the game changes.

What's amazing about this rule is that people don't even know consciously that it exists, yet it is the kingpin that keeps millions of people chained down. The rule is simple, and incredibly insidious: "Thou shalt not question the operating system thou art given!" What's weird is that you can rebel against the system, but you can't question it.

The best way to view this is to look at what you've learned in the most positive outlook possible. In other words, "If you can't get a better outlook on life from something, you haven't learned the right lesson.

The first component of self-defense, "understanding violence

People become violent because they want something.

There are a number of models. The one we like is Rory Miller's social and asocial violence. It's quick, easy to remember, and– most importantly– it's something you can apply in an actual situation.

We're harsh judges on the bad behavior of others, but lawyers for our own.

Rory breaks violence into two main categories, social and asocial.

Know that the police are not required to make a statement on an officer-involved shooting for seventy-two hours.

An immediate threat consists of what is actually happening not what you're afraid might occur.

How many times in your life have you been told that something is one way, while you're staring at something entirely different? If you're like most people, when you mention that something is amiss, you get slapped down, either verbally, emotionally, or physically, or told that you're nuts or stupid.

You do not want to base your decisions on fear. It sounds like we're repeating ourselves, but this is a subtle and important distinction. Fear-based decisions are usually bad ones. Think about the emotional decisions you've made in your lifetime. How many of those came back to bite you in the butt? It's normal for fear to be present. Acknowledge it and move on to handle the danger of the situation.