Recently we wrapped up the “Top 7 Super Consumer Tips” series. But an eighth important tip “stay safe from crime” was left out because it’s such a tall order to instruct anyone how to stay completely safe. Still, it’s well worthwhile to go over it even if it takes more time than the others:
| How Easily The Innocent Forget! The colossal cost of crime in America has been proven to be over one trillion dollars annually. Most of this cost comes not from theft, but from fraud — a financial burden of nearly $5,000 each year for the average American household. Some legal experts would include psychological “pain and suffering” damages that raise this cost to over twenty trillion dollars per year — more than twice the size of America’s economy! |
Your Super Benefit: As I mentioned with Tip III -Super Safety Tips, your “Super Benefit” is no secret… the life you live and love is your benefit, and the people you love are the beneficiaries of your safety. Being on guard isn’t about being afraid, it’s about valuing your life and your property enough to always stay safe. |
What To Do: Become a student of criminals, so you can learn how they think and take steps to reduce your vulnerability to crime by over 90%. The best online resources I’ve seen for this are CrimeDoctor.com and our own briefer (but very effective) tipsheet How To Keep Safe From Crime. It’s worthwhile to find the time to establish anti-crime rules for your family. |
The next time you venture out in your Aston-Martin supercar, try a little experiment. Guess how many cars you pass on the road on your drive to work (or the store or wherever it is you’re going.) For every 100 cars you pass, statistics show that if your area’s crime rate is just average, over a lifetime about 54 of the drivers will have their house burglarized, 31 of them will have their car stolen, 21 will suffer aggravated assault, 10 will be mugged, 2 will be forcibly raped, and 0.5 will be a murder victim. How many crime victims did you pass on your trip? Shocking, isn’t it!?
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| “Those who are incapable of committing terrible crimes do not readily suspect them in others.” |
  ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (1613-1680), French Writer
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Some would say that crime ultimately happens when “bad karma” or “original sin” boomerangs on us. Others say that people subconsciously leave themselves vulnerable to crime because of some deep-seated “self-esteem” problem. What do these theories have in common? It’s the implication that if we replace inner flaws with some sort of fulfilled well-being, we’ll find the key to true safety. But if we let our core selves decay, then even if we avoid all crime, our inner flaws would eventually show up as worrisome money problems, painful health issues, or damaging mistakes.
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| “My lord fool, out of this thornbush of danger we shall pluck a flower — safety.” |
 ~ William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Playwright, Poet
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If I knew of an easy way to communicate a path to spiritual or emotional fulfillment through the written word, I would do it now. But our life paths are a little different for everyone, and so we look inside for answers. So far the Magic Mirror, which borrows from the wisest sayings ever written down and the greatest visual artwork I could put on display, is the best I can offer to humanity.
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| “The greatest crime in the world is: not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.” |
 ~ Roger Williams (1603-1683), British-American Indian Missionary, Founder of Rhode Island Colony
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