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World-class rock climber Todd Skinner is also one of today's most sought-after motivational speakers for business audiences. Whenever he describes his history-making sixty-day free climb of the 20,500-foot Trango Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas (shown on the jacket), people are in awe of his stamina, skill, ambition, and determination. They are also eager to apply his lessons in their professional and personal lives.
Skinner argues that everyone has a mountain to climb, whether it's meeting your annual sales target or launching a new product or getting your department to improve its teamwork. And he stresses that you should set your goals even higher than you normally would, and constantly look beyond the current summit to the next one. For instance, instead of aiming for 10 percent revenue growth, go after a seemingly impossible 50 percent target, and then think of new ways to get there.
In both rock climbing and business, you must define your exact mission, assemble the right team, make the critical transition from preparation to action, have courage when crossing difficult terrain, and weather the storms well. Skinner offers fresh insights into all of these topics and explains principles such as:
* how you think is more important than what you know
* pick teammates for what they will do, not what they have already done
* make decisions in answer to the mountain
* fall toward the summit
* see each challenge as part of a bigger picture, your lifelong ascent
Beyond the Summit presents fresh and inspiring advice on leadership, teamwork, and decision-making skills, combined with an epic adventure tale.
About the Author
Todd Skinner, a Wyoming native, has established new climbs at the highest levels of difficulty in more than twenty-six countries. His experiences have been described in National Geographic and Life, and his expeditions to places as exotic as the Amazon and Timbuktu have been featured in nine documentaries. He is also a popular speaker at business events around the country.
World-class rock climber Todd Skinner is also one of today's most sought-after motivational speakers for business audiences. Whenever he describes his history-making sixty-day free climb of the 20,500-foot Trango Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas (shown on the jacket), people are in awe of his stamina, skill, ambition, and determination. They are also eager to apply his lessons in their professional and personal lives.
Skinner argues that everyone has a mountain to climb, whether it's meeting your annual sales target or launching a new product or getting your department to improve its teamwork. And he stresses that you should set your goals even higher than you normally would, and constantly look beyond the current summit to the next one. For instance, instead of aiming for 10 percent revenue growth, go after a seemingly impossible 50 percent target, and then think of new ways to get there.
In both rock climbing and business, you must define your exact mission, assemble the right team, make the critical transition from preparation to action, have courage when crossing difficult terrain, and weather the storms well. Skinner offers fresh insights into all of these topics and explains principles such as:
* how you think is more important than what you know
* pick teammates for what they will do, not what they have already done
* make decisions in answer to the mountain
* fall toward the summit
* see each challenge as part of a bigger picture, your lifelong ascent
Beyond the Summit presents fresh and inspiring advice on leadership, teamwork, and decision-making skills, combined with an epic adventure tale.
About the Author
Todd Skinner, a Wyoming native, has established new climbs at the highest levels of difficulty in more than twenty-six countries. His experiences have been described in National Geographic and Life, and his expeditions to places as exotic as the Amazon and Timbuktu have been featured in nine documentaries. He is also a popular speaker at business events around the country.
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lifelong ascent, hanging camp, ultimate mountain, overhanging headwall, hanging tents, summit point, free climbing, rope length Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shoulder Camp, Trango Tower, Notch Camp, Half Dome, North America, Gannett Peak, Ultimate Potential, Bonney Pass, Braldu River, Galen Rowell, Steve Bechtel, Trango Glacier, Trinity of Ascent, John Gill, Karakoram Himalayas, Long Ledge, Paiju Camp, Personal Backpack, Rick Ridgeway, The Stigma New!
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lifelong ascent, hanging camp, ultimate mountain, overhanging headwall, hanging tents, summit point, free climbing, rope length Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shoulder Camp, Trango Tower, Notch Camp, Half Dome, North America, Gannett Peak, Ultimate Potential, Bonney Pass, Braldu River, Galen Rowell, Steve Bechtel, Trango Glacier, Trinity of Ascent, John Gill, Karakoram Himalayas, Long Ledge, Paiju Camp, Personal Backpack, Rick Ridgeway, The Stigma New!
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- North America the Beautiful (Journeys Through The World) by Galen Rowell on page 49
- The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912 by Captain Roald Amundsen on page 9
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins on page 72
- Eye of the Blackbird: A Story of Gold in the American West by H. L. Skinner in Front Matter
- Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer on page 7
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