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For some entering the bodyguard industry it may seem like an uphill battle; it is my hope that this article will help you push you to the edge to achieve your ultimate goal of becoming a professional bodyguard.

However, you must be willing to take the battle to the next level and have an against-all-odds attitude. You will need the following qualities to achieve your goals.
•    A ruthless dedication towards your bodyguard training.
•    Never doubting your professional bodyguard destiny.
•    Able to push yourself harder each day to earn the right to become a professional bodyguard.
•    Be willing to receive no fame or recognition for your bodyguard duties.

The knowledge that you will go places with your client you can’t talk about and do things in the business you will not be able to recount (non-disclosure agreements).

The odds are stacked against you; it’s an overcrowded industry, with few jobs for too many bodyguards. Success is given only to a small percentage of bodyguards these days. If your only alternative to not becoming a bodyguard is death; then you have the first prerequisite of becoming a successful one.

There is no easy road to bodyguard success. You must have an off-the-charts faith and confidence in yourself and must intensely prepare for the job at hand. This is hard-nosed advice and the bottom-line is how much you want to be a professional bodyguard and what you are willing to do to get there.

Train, focus and be willing to get off your butt and push yourself to the edge.

I know you can. Good luck and God speed.

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By Doc Rogers

Many bodyguards fail in the business because they do not have realistic career plans. They only dream about becoming a bodyguard for red-carpet personalities and c-level executives. What they need is to know where they want to go and how to get there.

Your bodyguard success depends on planning, training and determination. If you are just starting out in the bodyguard business you can keep your day job. Moonlight as a bodyguard at night or on the weekends.

You need to start spending your free time on professional bodyguard lessons and workshops. Start an in-depth study of the trade, build a personal library and spend hours on end reading and taking notes.

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By Doc Rogers

Not working as regularly as you once did in the industry? You are an established professional one that clients can count on, so why are they taking a chance on new EP agents?

There are many reasons and obstacles for not working as regularly as you one have, some of the common reasons are:

• You are too expensive and they no longer have a need for a high-earning, successful agent (sad but sometimes true).

• A person in a position of power on the EP team suggested using lesser-known “local” talent on EP projects.

• An agent on the EP team with less experience may have felt a little insure working with seasoned veterans, so he suggested a new agent under the guise of “financial savings” for the team.
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By Doc Rogers

Sure halls and walls duty is at the bottom of the EP food chain. There’s no glamour, excitement, no fame or recognition (you are in the wrong business it this is your desire). There are only the empty halls and blank walls looking at you.  However, it does provide golden opportunities for new bodyguards. Detail leaders are usually looking for new bodyguards to fill open halls and walls positions.

Let’s examine how to be a successful halls and walls guy:
Professionalism – Show the competence and skill expected of a professional. When the client or EP team members are in your presence stand up and look alert. If you want to be taken seriously in business, you have to dress the part; suit, tie and highly polished shoes. Be presentable in your walk and talk as well.

Discipline – Obey rules and code of behavior of a halls and walls agent. This means staying alert your entire shift and never leaving the client’s door unguarded.

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By Doc Rogers

EP is a vastly rewarding industry; however you must develop some unique abilities in order to reach the pinnacle of success. “But I’m a top graduate of the best EP academy in the country; I don’t need to develop anymore abilities.” Yes, that’s what they all say, upon graduation all is right in the world and the world appears to be your oyster. Until the first international EP detail comes in.

On your first international EP assignment you will be most likely assigned to conduct advance work and receive the client and join the EP team upon arrival at the airport. With a freshly issued passport in hand you leave the nest and head off to some over crowed, grim, dirty and dangerous country.

It’s your job to formulate the advance package (work product) to facilitate secure and smooth movement of the client upon arrival from Point A to Point B and you have only two days to complete your work. Whoever said the job of a bodyguard was easy? Certainly not I.

The following is an eleven-point checklist which the new EP graduates would do well to keep in mind when conducting international advances:
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By Doc Rogers

EP is a fiercely competitive industry; it demands smart and tough people to carry out duties worldwide in a straightforward, businesslike manner. Most importantly those who hire EP professionals want someone they can trust and depended upon. People who will devote time and care to each EP project to ensure client safety.

If you are new to the industry you have one thing in your favor, new EP talent is the lifeblood of the business. When halls and walls agents get promoted to the close protection team new slots open up. Halls and walls are where many beginners in the EP trade start out; paying their dues before moving up the EP career ladder.

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