Part Two of How Not to Start a Fight or Argument
In Part One we explained the basic principle of not being there as the object of someone’s attack, which is to say that whatever insult they throw just goes through you or around you and has no effect on you, except to amuse you slightly. We’ll give examples of this later in this post. We
Humans Have Been Injured in This Experiment–
Of Mice and Men: Frustration Instigated Aggressive Behavior What about the Experiment of We Humans Living on Earth? Our life is an experiment, isn’t it? Lately a lot of humans have been injured in the experiment. The murder rate in the U.S. in 2020 went up by 30% over the previous year – the largest
The Bell-Shaped Curve of Hell
As you think about workplace violence and confrontations and harassment and about verbal abuse in the workplace, see the whole picture. 2020 saw the largest percentage increase in the murder rate since the beginning of record-keeping on this. 2021 has had more murders year-to-date than 2020. But the biggest part of the bell-shaped curve of
How Not to Start a Fight or Argument
We are always looking at workplace violence, street violence and domestic violence from the point of view of you as the victim. In our workplace violence training and in our de-escalation courses we start at the flash point, when things have blown up in your face and someone is threatening or attacking you. That is
Less Lethal Weapons
The ultimate and highest form of less lethal control of a violent person is the ability to just talk them down. This is not appropriate in all situations and would not be effective in certain cases. One such example would be that someone is holding you up for your money. You wouldn’t try to calm
Have You Ever
…Seen an employee observing a co-worker doing an unsafe act but afraid to say something to him? …Had two employees who do a good job but hate one another, and draw others into their feud? …Found there is no visitor policy? …Had too much work and too little time to address it? ..Encountered “Us Versus
