Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
WHEN YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT --
"An extremely powerful book. Each story cuts right into the heart of the seemingly impossible. It is absolutely inspiring. To me this should be required life reading."
Jean Bartlett, longtime Arts and Features Correspondent, Pacifica Tribune, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury
The harrowing life and death decisions made by early Antarctic explorers reveal insightful ways -- not just for surviving in extreme environments --but for improving 21st century personal and business decision making.
Not all the decisions made by the early Antarctic explorers were good. Yet, during the most trying circumstances imaginable, very few men died.
Why was this?
... and what can be learned from their decision-making to help us with our modern day lives?
When Your Life Depends on It examines unforgettable, epic stories from the days when Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and Mawson battled the most isolated environment on earth.
By placing you in their life and death situations, the authors encourage you to assess how you might have responded.
Would you obey a command from your dying officer to leave him behind, to further your chances of a safe return? Would you handpick your crew based on gut instinct and personality only, when there was a very real chance your own survival would depend on them?
These lessons in team work, leadership, camaraderie and sheer grit and determination are as useful today as they were 100 years ago. This book will compel you to evaluate your own decision-making and reveal methods that you can immediately put to use.
Synopsis
Antarctica -- Life-and-death decisions -- the early 1900's. The only communication is as far as you can shout.
How Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and Mawson risked it all in their quest for the South Pole and beyond, and what we can learn from their situations to improve our modern-day decision making.
Grab a warm blanket. This book puts you right into the action of the life-and-death decisions made by early Antarctic explorers. It is filled with unforgettable stories about the challenges and decisions they faced on the ice.
While we might not be pulling sledges across Antarctica in the early 1900s, this book also reveals valuable lessons in leadership, team work, and sheer grit and determination that can help all of us make better decisions in our lives today.
In When Your Life Depends on It, you'll discover:
- 11 of the greatest survival stories in the history of exploration
- How to make decisions fast without feelings of doubt or guilt
- How to improve your team and leadership skills, which are valuable in any profession.
- When it is right to take a big risk.
- How to succeed against all odds
Co-written by a decision scientist and an Antarctic historian, When Your Life Depends on It is filled with tales of resilience that resonate with people who love travel and adventure as well as those seeking insights into human behavior. It reveals the mind-set of the brave men who risked, and in some cases gave their lives, for science, discovery and exploration.
Buy When Your Life Depends on It today to learn about one of the most remarkable periods of history and in the process learn new strategies to improve your own personal and business decision making.
"A remarkable book"
Sir Ranulph Fiennes -- the greatest Polar explorer in our lifetime
"The Polar book of the year"
Jonathan Shackleton -- descendant of Ernest Shackleton
Synopsis
Grab a warm blanket. This book puts you right into the action of the life-and-death decisions made by early Antarctic explorers. It is filled with unforgettable stories about the challenges and decisions they faced on the ice.
While we might not be pulling sledges across Antarctica in the early 1900s, this book also reveals valuable lessons in leadership, team work, and sheer grit and determination that can help all of us make better decisions in our lives today.
In When Your Life Depends on It, you'll discover:
- 11 of the greatest survival stories in the history of exploration
- How to make decisions fast without feelings of doubt or guilt
- How to improve your team and leadership skills, which are valuable in any profession.
- When it is right to take a big risk.
- How to succeed against all odds
Co-written by a decision scientist and an Antarctic historian, When Your Life Depends on It is filled with tales of resilience that resonate with people who love travel and adventure as well as those seeking insights into human behavior. It reveals the mind-set of the brave men who risked, and in some cases gave their lives, for science, discovery and exploration.
Buy When Your Life Depends on It today to learn about one of the most remarkable periods of history and in the process learn new strategies to improve your own personal and business decision making.
"A remarkable book"
Sir Ranulph Fiennes -- the greatest Polar explorer in our lifetime
"The Polar book of the year"
Jonathan Shackleton -- descendant of Ernest Shackleton
Synopsis
"A remarkable book." Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the world's greatest living explorer.
"Absolutely inspiring. To me this should be required life reading." Jean Bartlett, columnist.
Antarctica 1911. Your commanding officer, dying of scurvy, orders you to leave him behind. To disobey a direct order is mutiny. To obey is to leave him to die. What would you do? This was a real situation. What they did will surprise and amaze you.
Grab an ice pick, this book puts you right into the middle of life-and-death decisions made by early Antarctic explorers.
In When Your Life Depends on It, you'll discover:
- 11 unforgettable survival stories.
- Incredible stories of bravery.
- Camaraderie and teamwork even when all hope is lost.
- True tales of courage, resilience and even humor in the most risky and dangerous circumstances.
- Heroic situations in the most hostile environment on Earth, where split seconds make a difference to who survives.
★★★★★ "A page-turner with true stories that will sear you to the depth of your soul. David Wilson, world-renowned Antarctic historian
★★★★★ "Excellent and compelling." Geoff Hudson-Searle, Executive and best-selling author
★★★★★ "Clever, informative and extremely well researched." Baz Grey, Explorer and mountaineer
Co-written by a decision expert and a historian, both possessing a flair for action-packed storytelling, When Your Life Depends on It reveals the mind-set of gritty explorers who risked, and in some cases gave their lives, for science, discovery and exploration.
Buy When Your Life Depends on It and start your Antarctic adventure today
Awards for When Your Life Depends on It:
- Finalist: Wishing Shelf Awards: Non-Fiction
- Finalist: Voice Arts Awards: Best Audiobook Narration: History
- Winner First Place: Chanticleer International Book Awards I&I Non-Fiction
Synopsis
"A remarkable book," Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the greatest Polar explorer in our lifetime.
Winner of multiple book and audiobook awards.
Here is the story of the life-and-death decisions made by the early Antarctic explorers. Historically accurate, complete with jaw-dropping storytelling, this book explains the mind-set of the explorers who risked life and limb in the Antarctic for science, discovery and being first to the South Pole.
Their lives depended on mutual respect, resilience, camaraderie, loyalty, determination, the ability to resolve conflict, moving forward against all odds, leadership and effective decision-making. All that can be summarised in one word - teamwork
Teamwork was the foundation on which Antarctic exploration was built.
Businesses large or small are no different (although obviously less frostbite risk). Brad Borkan and David Hirzel demonstrate, in this thrill-a-minute read, how effective great periods in history can be in teaching teamwork and decisive resilience - skills as essential today as they were in the time of Shackleton.
Buy When Your Life Depends on It.
Immediately gain useful skills for your life, career, business and well-being today
★★★★★ "Absolutely inspiring. To me this should be required life reading." Jean Bartlett, columnist.
★★★★★ "Excellent and compelling." Geoff Hudson-Searle, Executive and best-selling author
★★★★★ "Clever, informative and extremely well researched." Baz Gray, CEO, explorer and mountaineer
Awards for When Your Life Depends on It:
- Winner: First Place: Chanticleer International Book Awards I&I Non-Fiction
- Winner: Best Decision Making Books of All Time
- Winner: Wishing Shelf Awards: Best Audiobook
- Finalist: Voice Arts Awards: Best Audiobook: History