Sign up to receive the weekly lessons plus extra goodies: http://eepurl.com/imZrrg Today’s lesson is a weird one. First, pretty much every house has a smoke alarm. Second, most of you ignore them or don’t know anything about them. It’s just one of those ubiquitous items that’s always there, always been there, and you only notice …
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I don’t want to turn you into a nutcase doomsday prepper. Some of those people are crazy, paranoid, and scary. It’s hard to tell which ones aren’t the crazy ones too. What I want for you is that you’re PREPARED. I want you and your family safe in emergency situations. With that said, if you …
Today I’m just going to introduce myself. I figure I need to earn my stripes with you since I need you to trust me and take to heart my message, which is… To teach you how to keep yourself and your family safe in everything from Everyday Emergencies to full-blown zombie takeovers. This is me …
I just wanted to thank everyone who joined my Prepared (*) newsletter list during my launch last week. My goal is to… give away a ton of free content provide access to resources direct you to the experts …that will help you stay safe in emergencies and know how to protect others as well, especially …
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It’s absolutely okay…or it should be. We should all be able to ask others for help when we need it. That’s what I’m finding is the big problem with Everyday Emergencies. We’re too afraid, embarrassed, or prideful to ask for help most times. I can’t tell you how many times I’ll get a phone …
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Here’s my plan moving forward. I’m moving away from the whole prepping stereotype and all the negative baggage that goes along with it. Don’t get me wrong, if you want to go down that rabbit hole sometime, I’m game, but hardcore end-of-the-world prepping won’t be my primary business anymore. I want to have fun teaching …
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I got my audience dialed in. Turns out it’s most of you. Perfectly normal people who just want to be a little more prepared for when life throws you bad events. Then I realized I needed to be the right kind of trainer to help you out. I’ve taken a lot of classes over the …
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I picked the wrong audience with wacko doomsday preppers! — So yesterday we talked about how I looked and acted like a stereotypical prepper. Some of y’all offered even more ways that was true: · Always carrying a knife or three · Big truck · Always wearing hiking or tactical clothes · Never met a …
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I’m rebranding Rugged Dad and all my prepper stuff! For years I’ve been building a business teaching all kinds of prepping stuff, from the basics like first aid all the way up to living off grid like a caveman with solar panels. But it never took off. You know why? It finally dawned on me …
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Welcome to one in a series of many Rugged Dad of the Apocalypse Prepper Compendiums. This one focuses on materials you might need to survive a chemical/biological/radiological incident. Here’s the versions of this book in order of importance: 1. Print. Yup, like a regular book you put on …
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