The Right Mountain: Lessons From Everest On the Real Meaning of Success - Hardcover

Hayhurst Sr., Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471641502 ISBN 13: 9780471641506

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Synopsis

More than simply an account of the author's successful attempt to climb Mount Everest, this text describes how teamwork, commitment and self-awareness - the attributes the author found essential during his climb - can be applied to everyday experiences to gain satisfaction and success.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Hayhurst is a father of three, and a successful business executive. Under his leadership, the Hayhurst Group of Companies grew to become one of the top three advertising agencies in Canada. He was also Chairman of Outward Bound Canada. In 1987, he founded The Hayhurst Career Centre, an organization that helps people squeeze more satisfaction out of life.

In 1988, he participated in the Everest expedition that would change his life. He put together a slide show of his journey, and soon came to realize that this was much more than a travel story. He began to compare his experience on the mountain with the challenges we all face in daily life, and found that his Everest climb was a powerful metaphor for defining success. Gradually, a valuable message took shape. He called that message The Right Mountain. Today, Jim Hayhurst presents the Right Mountain speech and slide show to businesses and organizations around the world, helping to change the lives of others.

From the Back Cover

In 1988, Jim Hayhurst, a forty-seven year old ex-advertising executive, became the oldest member of the Canadian Expedition to Mount Everest.

The Right Mountain is the riveting story of that climb. He tells you about the life-threatening experiences that affected each member of the team. He describes the critical choices that had to be made, and the lessons that were learned as a result. But it is much more than an adventure story. It is about defining success for yourself on your own terms in your career or in your personal life.

The Right Mountain is inspirational. The story is dramatic. The metaphors compelling. And the messages it contains will stay with you long after the story is over.

From the Inside Flap

Success. It's one of the most alluring words in our vocabulary. We dream about it. Plan for it. Chase after it. But just what is it we're after? What really defines success?

In the eighties, it was simple. Success meant "climbing higher, going farther" and everyone was out to claw their way to the top. Today, success if far more personal. It comes from a sense of what we believe as individuals rather than what society tells us to believe.

We all need to have our own definition of success. Either we come to terms with that definition, or we risk paying the price: Bankruptcies. Broken marriages. Career crises. Even death....

It happened in 1988, and a man named Jim Hayhurst was there to witness it. Two men died trying to climb Mount Everest. They died because they failed to understand themselves and their goals. The attempted a climb that was not for them. They were not on the right mountain.

The Right Mountain is Jim's story of that climb. It is a riveting account of how traditional definitions of success can break down and what can be done to improve them.

As part of the 1988 Canadian Expedition to Mount Everest, Jim experienced first hand the monumental challenges involved in climbing the world's highest mountain. He takes you on that expedition, across surging rivers, over treacherous ice fields, and up mountains where temperatures dip to 60 below and winds gust to over 160 miles per hour.

He describes the life-threatening experiences that affected each member of the team, the critical choices that had to be made, and the lessons that were learned as a result.

More than an adventure story, The Right Mountain is a graphic illustration of what it means to be successful. Not just in terms of short-lived victories. But in terms that are right for the individual, that lead to sustained success and real satisfaction.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471641502
• ISBN 13: 9780471641506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214