About 25 Tips For Books
The 25 Tips For book series is an extensive series of books that bring you just the meat of the topic presented in a precise non-intimidating format.  We at Sharp Mind Publishing have painstakingly gone through vast amounts of reference material on various subjects to bring you the 25 top tips of each subject.  This can be your reference guide or cliff notes to real subjects.  If you don’t have time to research and read an abundant amount of references, just pick up a 25 tips book and discover all the hard work has been done for you!

Introduction
What can you do to keep yourself and your family safe and ahead of the rest when the preverbial Sh!%  hits the fan??  Through process of elimination and through months of research from tons of sources and first hand experience, and interviews with survival experts we have narrowed it down to the 25 top tips for surviving when it hits the fan.  

These are tips that will help you out in any situation and help you prepare yourself to becoming a gardener to being a certified bad ass instead of a weak scared sheep when it all goes down.  If you read and follow through with all the below you will now be a wolf among the sheeple!  Now you are better prepared than 98% of the people around you congratulations.

Note: SHTF is SH%# hitting the Fan

1. Bug out Bag!!  This is the one time you will want to have completed before you do any of the others.  Hell put this book down after reading this tip fully and make your bug out bag.  Then come back and educate yourself!!   Things for your bug out bag:  Water and water filtration and purification systems,   Food, MRE’s, energy bars etc., Clothing such as boots, long pants, socks, Shirts long and short sleave, jacket, hat and bandana, tent, FIRST AID KIT,  and weapon preferably a gun but, a knife might do.

2. Keep yourself fit!  This country is full of overweight people whose only means of getting food is to order it from a drive through.  The fitter you get the more confident you will become.  You will need confidence when it comes to protecting yourself or your family.  You may be walking miles to get water or food.  Or you may be fighting to keep your food and water.

3. Help keep the ones you love and those around you physically fit.  Sick and overweight people will seriously hamper your efforts to survive.  They will go through your reserves very quickly and will have no means of replacement.

4. Save your money!! Save some paper money but, mostly gold and silver at an offsite location.  Save it somewhere you can get too quickly.  I am not sure of your location so I will not be able to give specifics on this so use your brain and hide your valuables somewhere safe.

5. Keep food storage.  You should have at least a 72 hour kit for each person in your family!!!! AT MINIMUM!!!  You ideally should have 3-6 months of food and water for each member of your household.

6. Keep your vehicle in perfect working condition.  You will need to drive if you have to relocate to a new safe area.  When it hits the fan you don’t want to be broken down on the side of the road fixing your car!  That is called shark bait!!

7. Keep away from negative people!!  If you are in a relationship you will be dragged down by this person.  The stress will be or can currently be making you physically unhealthy.  Also this could be the person who tries to off you when it all goes down.

8. Make friends with cops.  Most cops are cool and they are truly cops so they can help make a difference.  Knowing the police will help you in situations where martial law is called and you don’t want to be under the microscope every time you leave your house or while you are trying to bug out.

9. Get some guns!!  Having weapons such as guns, knives and pepper spray for self defense is a must!  Ask any survival expert!!  You want to do so legally!!  If you go about getting a stash of guns illegally you will find yourself in a hell of a lot of more trouble in a time of panic!

10. Get a gas powered or solar powered generator.  If the SHTF you want to have power to heat or cool your house or bug out building.

11. Study and familiarize yourself with local plants.  You will want to know what plants you have at your disposal when the SHTF.  Knowing the medicinal power of the local plants is a must!!  You can use them to help treat yourself and your family if you become ill or hurt!

12. Get a guard dog.   Having a good guard dog is valuable.  He can be a home alarm and security system all in one!

13. Set ground rules.  Set rules for the situation by now you should know you will be a leader.  You and I know this because you are reading this book and are trying to educate and prepare yourself when the SHTF!  You will need to have pre-planned rules for situations and make sure they are followed.  If not you and your family will not make it.

14. Self defense.  Enroll or teach yourself how to defend yourself and loved ones.  Take karate, weapons instruction courses etc.  Or go onto the internet and learn there are tons of people out there who have produced videos on this.   Get a partner and begin!

15. Make friends out of the county.  If the SHTF you may want to bail the more remote a location the better.  Who doesn’t want to chill in the Caribbean?

16. Perimeters.  Set yourself up with a perimeter that is easily defendable.  You will need to secure 100% of the area surrounding your home or bug out building.  Cameras, dogs and motion lights should do the trick.

17. Bug out Building.  You will need to get yourself some land with a building or build your own.  This is a place you can take your family when the SHTF and you run out of supplies at your house.  You will want to stock your building with supplies.  Follow tip number 16 and tip number 1 but to a grander scale.

18. Drug free.  When the SHTF you don’t want to be addicted to illegal drugs of any kind or cigarettes or alcohol.  These will make you weak and you will not be properly prepared to survive.  I and other experts say this because when you run out you don’t want to be dealing with drug dealers of any kind when the SHTF!!!  On the other hand cigarettes and alcohol can be bargaining chips to use at your own discretion!!!!

19. Positive outlook.  When the SHTF having a positive attitude will help you with survival.  You do not want to become depressed and negative.  This will help no one!!  Stay positive do good things and good things will come!!

20. A Gun Permit.  This will allow you to own a hand gun.  Also this will ease your mind if someone comes to try and raid your garden.  You will be able to protect your family and belongings

21. Buy ammo!  Set aside a fund and buy ammo for each caliber of weapon you have on a monthly basis.  Buy a box a month and if you can afford more buy more!  This will help you build your ammo supply and not spend a month’s salary all at once on a box when the SHTF.

22. Practice makes perfect.   You must practice escape plans and drills.  Make sure you and your family doesn’t panic when the SHTF!!  If you have young children do not scare them by telling them all the details of what is going on if you feel it may freak them out.  Just make a fun game out of it.  Again be sure you have well a thought out plan for each scenario and practice practice practice

23. Digital backup\Print.  There are tons of sites that offer free survival guides.  If you have those downloaded back them up to a portable device, iphone, blackberry or android device would be best. They are small and have screens you can read your guides on.  If at all possible you should print a hardcopy of each manual.  Batteries will die.

24. Join survival groups.  If you are not sure where to begin you should join a few groups.  There are great resources on the internet that will help guide you along the way.  They have forums you can join for free and convo with likeminded survivalists like yourself.

25. Go camping!  If you haven’t camped before go!  You need to see what it is like in the great outdoors.  You do not want your first experience with sleeping in your bug out building or just under the stars to be when the SHTF.  Go and experience see what scares you and see what you are already good at.  This will better prepare you!!

Bonus tip!  Get yourself a news/weather radio.  this will allow you access to news and weather and also if someone is broadcasting a safe house.

          DO NOT WAIT!!! Start now!