So far, this is an excellent book. I am going to summarize it so that I can refer back!
I cannot stop reading and re-reading this book. Every time I go back, I find something else that resonates.
One sentence felt like a punch in the gut. "Eliminate the victim mentality, victims are loser." Those words felt like a punch in the gut. A slap in the face. A hard kick in the ass. From those words I learned the following:
Identifying with victimization is putting yourself in a 'losing' state or frame of mind. Instead, realize that:
1. Shit happens and happens to everyone.
2. Adapt to it.
3. Change you and change the circumstances.
4. Learn from the situation.
5. Don't look back. Don't look back. Don't look back.
6. Move ahead fiercely, fearlessly and triumph.
The author talks about "lessons from the edge" which fall into 3 categories: personal excellence, team leadership and team excellence. Isn't that somewhat what we are taught in the military?
In the 3 categories it is broken down further:
1. Personal excellence: Honor your Passion, Know your Limitations, Welcome Humility, Exclude Integrity, Get Coached, Liberate your Ideas, Be a stimulus for Passion, Define your Goals, Be Ready to Seize Opportunity, Practice Resilence, Never Give Up, Focus Yields Efficiency.
2. Team Leadership: Your team is critical, Abhor Mediocrity and Average Behavior, Eliminate the Victim Mentality, Influence Others with your Behaviors and Results, Create ways for people to achieve as part of the team, Maintain Situational Awareness,
Celebrate your Victories.
3. Team Excellence: Insist on Goal Clarity,See Risk as a Tool, not as a threat, Manage Risk with Contigency Thinking, Be Fluid, Focus Outward, You have to find a way.
Still on Chapter 2 but good book!
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