I wrote this book to teach people with no background in the protection industry how to not only be their own bodyguard but how to learn new skills so that they may eventually protect other people professionally. If you want to learn the business and become a Private Security or Close Protection Operator, you must learn a series of skill sets. How you gain any skill set can vary from person to person. Some people acquire the skills in the military, police or even after years of hands-on martial arts training. You do not have to become a Green Beret, Navy SEAL or CIA Contractor to acquire a series of proficient skill sets on survival, combatives or shooting. All you have to do to acquire some new skills in personal protection is to have the desire to learn and then apply what you have learned safely and with a high level of proficiency. I will pass on small pearls of wisdom throughout this book. The gems that I pass on to you have been passed on to me in many different ways throughout my life. Each jewel will be a new skill or a direction to learn. The more that you learn, the more you will understand. Any person with the passion for learning will pick up these new skills and instantly apply them. The more that you read about close protection, the more you will learn from this book. The more that you physically do, the more ingrained your skills will become into daily operational procedures. Even if you learn just one new thing from this book that saves your life, or someone else's, then it was worth learning that skill. Stay flexible in your thinking and keep an open mind as you read this book. The more you learn about yourself, the more you will want to know and apply your new skills towards your everyday life. Eventually you will be able to tie all of the pearls from this book together and become operationally proficient and stay safe in many different scenarios.