Most of us can’t take all the survival field classes and seminars we’d like to, and only a fool would create a real emergency to see how he might react! But these five books will help you develop the most important part of any wilderness survival kit: the survival mindset!

How many times have you said to yourself or have heard others say, “I am just………” as in “I’m just going to walk up the ridge and see if I can see a deer,” or “I’m just going to be out for fifteen minutes”? This sentiment can cause a survival situation, and here is how you can avoid that.

By Peter Kummerfeldt I was driving to Soda Springs, Idaho, this past week to present a risk management program.  My wife was driving and at one point, we were following several other slower vehicles while waiting for a chance to pass, when an oncoming eighteen wheeler drifted toward the double yellow line before returning his [...]

Weather, the onset of darkness, mechanical breakdown or other accidents can all result in your having to utilize survival skills and procedures to insure that you see the light of the next day. You’re stranded!

It has been said that without Waco, there wouldn’t have been the Oklahoma City bombing. I visited the Waco site over Christmas break.

Finding yourself lost can be a terrifying experience. How you react when you discover that you are lost will often determine the eventual outcome.

An essential part of learning how to survive is reading and studying books and articles by reputable sources. But the problem is always in deciding who is a reputable source, and if what they’re writing is information or a waste of your time!

Many of you are subscribers to the SurvivalCommonSense.com weekly email update. For the rest of you – here’s what you’re missing! This week, we’re talking about how to avoid drowning in a flash flood in the desert (More people drown in the desert than die of thirst. Bet you didn’t know that!) We also talk [...]

Nowhere is a survival mindset more important than among cancer patients.

Throughout all the chaos of battle, Nez Perce leader, Chief Joseph demonstrated the epitome of a survival mindset. He assessed the situation after the White Bird battle, inventoried his assets, decided on a plan and carried it out.