The Safety Trap, Spencer Coursen
The Safety Trap, Spencer Coursen
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The Safety Trap
A Security Expert's Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World

Author: Spencer Coursen

Narrator: Spencer Coursen

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/18/2021


Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

Threat management expert Spencer Coursen offers proactive strategies to protect yourself and your loved ones in the event of hostile encounters and emergency situations in The Safety Trap: A Security Expert’s Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World.

Despite what the news and social media would have you believe, we have never lived in a safer time than we are now. Unfortunately, we live under a false sense of security enforced by authorities that only alleviates fears without reducing risk. We have placed our personal safety, and our responsibilities of guarding it, into the hands of people trained only to respond to crises, not actively prevent them. Our blind faith in institutions to protect us has only dulled our natural survival instincts.

The truth is that when we feel safest is actually when we are in the most danger.
This is the paradox of The Safety Trap.

When you don’t expect danger, you simply fail to see the signs that something bad is about to happen. But the signs are always there, and staying safe is about training yourself to see them. In easy-to-implement methods of maintaining vigilance, assessing risk, and taking preventative measures, you’ll discover how to be alert without anxiety and know how to best protect and defend yourself on the job, in school, in public places, at home, and online.

With Coursen’s simple formula of Awareness + Preparation = Safety as your guide—as well as real world examples of managing threats—you will learn how to develop the skills and confidence to reclaim your own security and avoid The Safety Trap.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

About Spencer Coursen

SPENCER COURSEN is a nationally recognized threat management expert and author of The Safety Trap (St. Martin’s Press, 2021.) He has an exceptional record of success in the assessment, management, and resolution of threats, conflict resolution, employee terminations, physical security assessments, expert witness testimony, policy authorship, protective intelligence, and vulnerability reduction. Mr. Coursen is the founder of Coursen Security Group (CSG), a premier threat management firm based in Austin, Texas. CSG provides expert security assessment, consultation, and protective strategy to help organizations, public figures, and private families succeed in staying safe.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Spencer on February 18, 2021

Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the publishing process. I hope you enjoy reading The Safety Trap as much as I enjoyed bringing it to life. Please feel free to be as open and honest in your reviews as possible. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Working together, we can all do our......more

Goodreads review by Sara L. on May 16, 2021

This was an interesting informative book full of secrets and THINGS I WISH I KNEW BEFORE... Thank God I picked up this book because BOY is my life messed up. I don't mean to be a phobia master but I need to get more protection. Reading this book made me realize how much I'm letting other people know......more

Goodreads review by Jason on April 07, 2021

Once every decade or so a book comes along that changes the paradigm and ups the game for everybody who wants to write in that field. Think what Die Hard did to action movies in the 80s, and what Harry Potter did to young adult literature in the 90s and 00s. For the field of personal protection, tha......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on April 06, 2021

Coursen has managed to concoct the perfect blend of insights, education, real life examples, and wit, and bottled them in The Safety Trap. His experience and reputation in the threat management space is second to none, giving him more than enough credibility to discuss this subject in the depth in w......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 14, 2025

This book was an interesting mix of practical advise and stories of the author's career in protecting celebrities, however it felt like there was too little of each. It felt like he couldn't decide if he wanted the book to be practical or entertaining, so he tried a little of each and fell short in......more