For the people who live in large, bustling cities like New York, the possible dangers that can always be lurking there probably do not affect their daily lives very much. This is because these people live and work there everyday and being aware of the places you go and when can be very beneficial when it comes to staying safe.
Any frequent traveler will already know the precautions to take when vacationing somewhere strange and possibly dangerous. A trip to New York City is definitely on a different scale that taking a week to go visit your grandma in the country somewhere. It is just a fact that many places we vacation will have a higher risk of danger than others.
All of the following suggestions will probably sound familiar like the advice you might get from your mother before you go somewhere, but you should listen anyway. It might not make any difference whether it is day or night when you are out and about in a city. Criminals do not have particular business hours and these days they may not even dress and look the way you think they might. You might just as easily get held up for your wallet by someone dressed in a business suit as you will by someone who looks like a street thug.
The key to staying safe is to stay smart and alert. If you have heard about not taking large amounts of cash with you anywhere, this is excellent advice. It is even wise to not take all of your credit cards or important identification with you unless you have to. Leave any unneeded cash and credit cards in your hotel safe. Even your room might not be safe enough.
If you venture out walking at night, stay in well lighted areas and do not be tempted to take a back street or short cut. Do not go out alone if you can avoid it. This does not mean you have to walk around scared to death, but you do always need to be cautious. Be aware of people brushing up against you to avoid pick pockets. Carry your money in a front pant or jacket pocket. Use a small bag around your waste instead of carrying a purse. This makes it more difficult to get ripped off.
These are all just common sense ideas that travelers use all the time. It can be easier than you think to forget little things like these though when you get caught up in the excitement of being on vacation. Just keep in mind all those things that your mother told you to be aware of and your trip will probably go off without a hitch.
In the smog and rat race of our brave new world, have you ever set time aside to reflect and wonder if you could change or at least learn from your past? Do you even think it is possible to learn from your mistakes? Do you even remember your mistakes? What if I told you there was a way to step back in time and reflect on your past and create a future that insures you don't make the same mistakes again, would you like to try it? It will take as little as 5 minutes and on the other hand you can do it for as long as you like. Have you tried Walking Backwards, That's right simple by walking backwards you can physically walk your mind back in time. Now of course walking backward is not that easy and ho by the way it's a killer workout, it works your balance, agility and stability, and it targets your Glute and Hamstrings, which are trouble areas and very weak for a lot of people in fact weak Glutes and Hamstrings are in part a contributing factor for back pain. Have you seen Steven Hefferon the "Backward Walking Man of Central Park"? Those that have, get up pretty early, Steve likes to walk first thing in the morning before heading into his office, most of the time before 6 AM not to beat the heat but to beat the distractions, it freaks people out a little bit when they see me walking backwards and while Steve does not mind explaining what he is doing it does make it hard to keep focused on stepping back in time. If you would like to learn how to walk your mind back in time, the first thing you need to do is to practice walking backwards. Any path that is paved and has an edge is great for practicing. If you are still hesitant try holding someone's hand and doing it together. The hard part is training your mind to think backwards, so one technique is to think back on birthdays, holidays or special events than as you get better at thinking back concentrate on details of the events and sooner of latter you will think of the blunder, embarrassing moment and yes even the mistake… Don't get me wrong this is not just about walking back into mistakes but feel free to walk your self back when you have moment of greatness and genius. Backup your life to a time when you could do no wrong, when you felt the best, the safest and the felt like you could do anything, feel free to walk your self in to a feel good moment and stay there for a while and than use that feeling to create achievement in your life today… Look you can sit on the couch and watch reruns or Hogan's Heroes, or Get Smart or Gilligan's Island and have the same type of memories but If you want to create change in your life, get you butt off the couch and walk your mind back in time and learn from your mistakes and hold on to the times that made you feel good or even the times of greatness. Let me add final summation to the experience, as the final step in creating change and to live the changes you want to live, there is a simple formula to any situation you find yourself in and it goes like this… STOP, you're self from reacting like you would have… THINK, for a moment what is the best way to handle this situation… ANTICIPATE, How the outcome is going to be so you become in control of the situation and not always have to put out fires… You see I heighten my success by learning from both from the highs and lows, understanding what I did, why I did it and what my thought and beliefs were at the time. I know now, that I need to live my life Expectedly and Pro-actively. I start each day with thoughts of achievement; knowing what I need to get done will get done. The words I choose to use throughout the day are also critical in reinforcing the outcome of my day. And of course my actions fulfill my expectations. Holly cow why did it take me 40 years to learn that, why did my mother not explain it to me or why did I not learn this in the 20 plus years I was in school. Or did I, and just needed to grow up to appreciate it. While growing old may suck, it does help you appreciate the good the bad and the ugly in life. I like to thank Matthew Furey for teaching me these techniques, you see I went from being computer geek to co-founding losethebackpain.com and becoming and Internationally Known Back Pain Expert, it took a while but I did it. See you in the park…
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