Business Lessons from the Edge: Learn How Extreme Athletes Use Intelligent Risk Taking to Succeed in Business
McCormick, Jim; Karinch, Maryann
Language: English
Published by McGraw Hill, Columbus, OH, 2009
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- Hardcover
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Condition: New (N). The dust jacket is new (N). The cloth cover boards are New (N) and pristine. The spine and binding are tight with no loose pages. The title is imprinted on the spine in gold with no wear. All 246 pages are clean, crisp, with no markings. An engaging guide to leadership, decision making, and success through the lens of extreme athletes and high performing entrepreneurs. Explores how risk taking, preparation, confidence, focus, and resilience can translate from extreme sports into business and everyday life. Featuring examples from athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, and adventurers, the book shows how people who operate under pressure develop the mindset needed to overcome challenges and achieve ambitious goals. Readers will find practical lessons on personal excellence, team leadership, intelligent risk, performance, motivation, and building confidence in uncertain situations. A great choice for business readers, entrepreneurs, managers, leaders, athletes, coaches, motivational readers, and anyone interested in success strategies, peak performance, sports psychology, leadership development, and smart risk taking. …
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- Title
- Business Lessons from the Edge: Learn How Extreme Athletes Use Intelligent Risk Taking to Succeed in Business
- Author
- McCormick, Jim; Karinch, Maryann
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill, Columbus, OH
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0071626980
- ISBN 13
- 9780071626989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 0.97 pounds
- Dimensions
- 5.75 inches width by 8.5 inches height by 0.875 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- Creative, History, Sports
DISCOVER THE WINNING MIND-SETS OF EXTREME SPORTS ATHLETE-EXECUTIVES
Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk jump-starts the world's hottest skateboard company with businessman/skateboarder Per Welinder, who recently sold his share of the company back to Hawk to focus on his thriving clothing line.
Freestyle motocross star Carey Hart discovers that backflips in the boardroom don't fly, but sharp entrepreneurship turns his tattoo venture into a multimedia enterprise.
Rodeo rider Ty Murray, “The King of the Cowboys,” turns his passion for bull riding into a professional sports empire.
Olympian bobsledder Gord Woolley prepares himself mentally every morning, whether polishing his runners or running his communications firm.
Alpine climber Mark Richey learns to rely more on skills than tools to build his architectural woodworking business.
Marathoner Quang S. Pham uses visualization techniques to go the distance as a runner and as a CEO in the pharmaceutical industry.
Mountaineer Guy Downing climbs some of the world's highest mountains and makes a fortune on Wall Street.
PLUS more career-building lessons from sports television CEO Gavin Harvey, skier and bobsledder Kirby Best, polar explorer Bill Baker, mountaineer and CEO Kevin Sheridan, skier and law firm founder Julie Pearl, CEO and race car driver Don Bell, and others
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No guts, no glory.
What does it take to succeed in business? Risk taking. Preparation. Self-confidence. The same principles that drive extreme athletes to the highest peaks of performance. This action-ready guide shows you how to capture the winning mind-sets of champions-for extreme success in business and life.
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