How Stories Can Protect Us
I\u2019m nine and living in a wonderful residential neighborhood in southern California.\xa0
And someone has just broken into our house while I was at school and my Dad and Step Mom were at work!
As I watch the police interview my parents outside, I know what I have to do.\xa0
I go into my Dad\u2019s tool shed and look around until I find it: the caulking gun. I then traverse my backyard and cover everything I can see--the bushes, the furniture, all of it--with white caulking paste.
Why does nine-year-old me do this? Because in my mind, I know that when the robbers come back, their feet will stick in this gluey paste and I\u2019ll catch \u2018em!
Except that\u2019s not exactly what happens...\xa0
Annie, our golden retriever, is not aware of my plan and finds herself covered in this thick white sticky paste after innocently wandering into the backyard. After multiple baths for her and deep breaths from my Dad, he suggests, \u201cWe leave the police work to the professionals.\u201d
My special guest on the Storytelling School Podcast this week, Pete James, is one of those professionals. Plus he takes it up a notch by protecting the people who protect us.\xa0
In this episode, you\u2019ll hear him tell some shocking stories involving law enforcement, judges, and others (though not in the way you\u2019re probably thinking) and get answers to questions like:
What\u2019s one thing that can change the trajectory of your story without you even being aware of it? And how can you ensure control of your story before some harmful, unforeseen circumstance influences it?
What you will learn in this episode:
- Why you want to keep certain details of your personal story hidden from public view
- How certain private story details get exposed for everyone to see in the first place
- Why scrubbing your personal information online isn\u2019t a one-time thing
Who is Pete?
Pete James is a former member of the U.S. Navy. He served on an aircraft carrier as an Intelligence Specialist. Then he moved on to a career in law enforcement where he worked for 25 years and rose to the rank of Lieutenant.
As a skilled Open-Source Intelligence analyst and computer forensics expert, Pete has experience in investigating thousands of criminal, civil, and corporate cases and has testified in state, federal, and civil trials. His passion involves the protection of those who protect us. To that end, he combined his law enforcement experience and online investigative skills to create his company Officer Privacy. The business protects law enforcement officers, celebrities, and regular citizens by removing their private information from the Internet so that they and their families feel safe from criminals and others who want revenge.
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