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Yeah, hello and welcome back to Flood Protection Secrets, it's great to have you here again
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and whether you are listening from your office, your home or somewhere on the road.
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In the last episode we spoke about, I'll fit a moment of reflection, a moment of values,
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a moment of responsibility, today I want to take the next step with you, because reflection
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alone is not enough.
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The real question is, what happens after?
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After the celebration, after the conversations, after the moment of awareness, because this
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is where decisions are made.
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Let me describe what I see very often.
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A company experiences heavy rain, maybe even minor flooding, nothing catastrophic, but
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enough to raise concern.
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People talk about it, management becomes aware, there's a sense that something should be done
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and then nothing happens.
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Weeks pass, months pass, other priorities take over, until the next storm comes and at
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That's not a warning, it is a disaster because awareness without action creates a false
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sense of safety and that is the most dangerous situation of all.
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Let us be very clear about the consequences for a business, operation stops, or operations
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of manufacturing or services, operations stop, production is interrupted, deliveries cannot
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be fulfilled, customers are lost, supply, chains are disrupted, reputation is damaged and
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in many cases the recovery takes months, or even years, but the same applies to private
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When a house is flooded, you often cannot stay there anymore, you have to move out, repair
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the damage, replace what was lost and for a certain time your home is no longer your home.
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But there is another scenario, a different decision, a company or a homeowner decides
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They assess their risks, say identify their weak points, they implement proper protection
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and when the next storm comes, the rain still falls, the streets may still flood, but
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inside the building everything continues.
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Operations run, employees are safe, families stay at home, life goes on, the difference
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is not the storm, the difference is a decision made before the storm.
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So at this point I want to share my weekly golden nugget with you, here it comes.
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Flat protection is not about reacting to water, it is about deciding in advance that water
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will not become your problem.
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So here is my question for you, what decision will you make after this episode?
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Will you wait or will you act?
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Because the next storm is already forming somewhere.
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This is Flat Protection Secrets, I'm Andreas Klipper and as always stay safe and flat free.
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I wish and hope for you that you made the right decisions when it comes to your personal
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flat protection, and if you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to this podcast channel
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if you haven't already.
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Now it only remains for me to wish you a good day, do something with it, maybe until
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the next podcast episode I would be very happy to see you there.
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As always stay safe and flat free, your Andreas Klipper and the whole flat expert team.
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