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Alain’s 2025 Year in Books
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Alain Burrese
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Virtues Must Be Practiced
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
– Marcus Aurelius
Some may question the value of my quotes about virtues, or the longer posts about them. One could say the same about the numerous books that have been written over the ages on what virtues are, and the ideal of a virtuous person. What’s the point in writing about virtues, especially “warrior virtues” that
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Lost Conscience: A Ben Baker Sniper Novel
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Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks
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Hard-Won Wisdom From The School Of Hard Knocks: How To Avoid A Fight And Things To Do When You Can't Or Don't Want To
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1996
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Hard-Won Wisdom From The School Of Hard Knocks
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Tough Guy Wisdom III: Revenge of the Tough Guy
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2012
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How To Protect Yourself By Developing A Fighter's Mindset
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2012
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Tough Guy Wisdom
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2011
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Tough Guy Wisdom II: Return of the Tough Guy
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2011
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Hard-Won Wisdom From The School Of Hard Knocks (Revised and Expanded): How To Avoid A Fight And Things To Do When You Can’t Or Don’t Want To
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2013
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101 Safety and Self-Defense Tips: Lessons From The Experts
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2015
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“Loop When we talk about mental aspects, or the survival mindset, it is important to look at the decision-making process. A concept that was applied to combat operations in the military, and is also applied to commercial operations and learning processes, is the OODA Loop. It’s a concept that is important when reacting to an active threat. The OODA Loop, also referred to as Boyd’s Law, was developed by military strategist Colonel John R. Boyd (USAF). OODA stands for Observation, Orientation, Decision, and Action (Sometimes Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act). This was Boyd’s way of quantifying reaction times in combat.”
― Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks
― Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks
“Notably, trained law enforcement professionals when under the stress of a violent encounter often achieve less than a twenty percent hit rate according to the FBI. It is the author’s opinion that such statistics should not be interpreted as criticism of these departments’ professionalism. Rather, these facts underscore the realities of a violent, often surprise encounter. You can therefore extrapolate that if you must run, it is a fair assumption that you may reach safety unscathed.”
― Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks
― Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks
“Changing your mindset, acknowledging that shootings happen, and that one could happen to you, are also important. The loud noise may be a car backfiring or a balloon popping. But what if it is a gunshot? If you assume wrong, you could be dead. If you jumped up and shut your already locked door and prepared to deny access, escape or fight and it turns out that it was a balloon popping, what is the harm? A little embarrassment? You can live with that. The key word being live. If you are in a public place and hear something that might be gunshots, don’t rationalize them away as something else. I’d rather you be embarrassed because you immediately exited the building in the opposite direction from the sounds, than become a victim. Better to be embarrassed than dead.”
― Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks
― Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
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Alain, could use a vote for our new western, THE NATIONS. Please and thank you.http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12...
Alain, please go here and give votes to the two BEF novels. http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/51...
And here for the same two BEF books.Thanks a bunch.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/51...
And come join our Action-Adventure discussion group I just started.
Http://www.goodreads.com/group/invite...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12..."
Done! All the best with it.