Managing Chaos

By Doc Rogers

Definition of Chaos
This article defines chaos as environments that are experiencing complete disorder and confusion due to violent or damaging conditions. This includes civil disorder, also known as civil unrest, irregular warfare or terrorist and criminal action in the immediate proximity to your principal. To maintain mental clarity follow these simple instructions.

Focus on Taking Action
Maintain mental clarity and direct your thoughts for taking swift, positive action. Action will provide focus.

Keep Positive
It is easy to become negative when tough situations arise and when working in chaotic environments. Center your attention on positive problem solving within the scope of a bodyguard.

No Negative Self-Talk
In chaotic environments you must change your mindset from a self-defeating one to a mindset of positivity. Fill your mind with a new positive thought patterns, because negative self-talk will drain you very fast.

Useful Thought Patterns
Control mental habit patterns, because mental inefficiency causes things not to work to smoothly, whereas useful thought patterns will assist you in avoiding bad decisions, and actions. Take control of your mind and keep on the positive path.

Provide Solutions
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best by using your mind for problem solving. In chaotic environments the bodyguard above all must provide protection, direction and guidance. Formulate a plan; depending on the situation the solutions could range from covering and evacuation the principal to presenting the principal with a carefully thought out range of viable security options. Keep safe and God speed.

By Doc Rogers

Being a modern bodyguard requires thoroughness in accomplishing logistic and protective tasks no matter how small. It’s a difficult and unglamorous with most of the work put in behind the scenes to keep the principal out of harm’s way throughout the world.

As a modern bodyguard you need a professional network you can call upon at a moment’s notice to support you in accomplishing your logistic and protective tasks.  This may include security drivers, area experts, venue security, vetted ground handlers, etc. The modern bodyguard knows that he cannot exist without the support of his professional network.  How strong is your current network?

Teamwork and self-discipline rounds out the modern bodyguards’ professional character; collaboration to combine the actions of a group of people to enhance the principal’s safety and the self-discipline to endure lack of sleep, starvation and high pressure while doing advance work and proving protective coverage. The modern bodyguard knows that working outside the comfort-zone is a must. When was the last time you’ve been outside your comfort-zone?

The modern bodyguard knows that advance work is the fundamental operational skill and the more time, sweat and effort expanded on crafting a perfectly choreographed arrival, departure and all the events in between the less pressure and frustration he will experience when “working the principal.” Therefore, the modern bodyguard has the determination and commitment to successfully complete the advance, even when hungry, tired and feeling miserable.  The more time you devote to your advance work, “getting it right,” the less susceptible your principal will be to threats when you are providing operation bodyguard duties.  Keep safe and God speed.

Doc Rogers is the author of Corporate Executive Protection – A Manual for Inspiring Corporate Bodyguards and president and CEO of International Corporate Executive Protection Ltd. Doc has earned a Ph.D. in Security Administration from Southwest University and he is SE Asia’s leading expert on executive protection and corporate security. Be sure to check out Doc’s new book: How To Become An Executive Protection Specialist [Kindle Edition]

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