Before It Happens - Situational Awareness is Your Superpower

This episode brings you Chapter 2 from Before It Happens: The Art of Staying Safe Before Violence Starts by David Burnell—an eye-opening lesson on the most essential survival tool you already have: your awareness.

In Situational Awareness is Your Superpower, David draws from decades spent in war zones, disaster zones, and violent urban environments to reveal a hard truth:
You don’t need to be the strongest, fastest, or most aggressive person to survive.
You need to see it coming.

This chapter teaches you how to develop calm, confident awareness—the kind of observation that keeps you out of harm’s way before trouble begins.

You’ll learn:

• What it means to live in Condition Yellow
• How predators identify vulnerable targets
• The difference between intuition and fear
• The “eyes, hands, direction” triad that reveals intent
• Simple daily habits that build real-life situational awareness

This isn’t about fear or paranoia.
 It’s about showing up alert, empowered, and in control—wherever you go.

Whether you’re a parent, student, traveler, first responder, or someone who refuses to walk through life distracted and unaware—this skill you can build starting today.

This is a standalone chapter from the full-length book Before It Happens, available now in audiobook, ebook, and paperback on Audible, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and more.