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Hardcover Beyond the Summit: Setting and Surpassing Extraordinary Business Goals Book

ISBN: 159184004X

ISBN13: 9781591840046

Beyond the Summit: Setting and Surpassing Extraordinary Business Goals

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Book Overview

Todd Skinner doesn't have a desk job, doesn't run a company, and doesn't have an MBA. So why have companies all around the country turned to this world-renowned rock climber for guidance? Because Skinner knows that mountain climbing is the perfect metaphor for business challenges. Everyone has a goal to achieve -- a mountain to climb -- and your success is determined by making the correct choices from beginning to end. You can choose to travel a well-worn path, or you can go where no one else has dared, be the first to make your mark, and surpass everyone's expectations, including your own. Part inspiration, part business advice, part heart-stopping adventure, Beyond the Summit tells the gripping story of how Todd Skinner and his team set out to climb the most difficult mountain of their lives. In the process, it shows you how to set and achieve your own exceptional goals. When Skinner announced that he wanted to climb 20,500-foot Trango Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas, everyone said it couldn't be done. But he suspected that if something is said to be impossible, that might be reason enough to try. This history-making event required almost superhuman stamina, skill, strategy, and determination -- exactly the qualities necessary to achieve extraordinary goals in any field. As Skinner narrates his thrilling adventure, he explores unique strategies for goal setting, leadership, and decision making, offering fresh, practical insights to anyone facing a difficult challenge. Beyond the Summit offers businesspeople a new perspective to meet the numerous challenges they face, and reveals that the road less traveled is often the best path to spectacular success. Book jacket.

Customer Reviews

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Beyond the Summit: Setting and Surpassing Extraordinary Business Goals

I have no interest whatsoever in mountain climbing! Yet, I was fascinated with this "cliff hanger!" Most importantly, I had much to learn from it. The lessons I learned from Mr. Skinner's book about mountain climbing are equally relavant to obtaining any life goal, from raising good children to writing a book. Everyone can benefit from this read.

Powerful, challenging, inspiring

Is there a better metaphor for success in your endeavors than mountain climbing? So if you want the ultimate in success why not study the ultimate in mountain climbing. The lessons that Todd Skinner brings down from the summit are striking, challenging and forcefully introspective. Having read "Beyond the Summit" I found myself frequently putting the book down long enough to ask myself where I might find my personal 'first ascension.' An incredible book with a powerful story and life-changing lessons.

Fantastic

Having just heard Todd speak, I must say, he is by far one of the most influential people I have ever heard in person.

A Refreshing Read

I'm one of the lucky people who have heard Todd Skinner present "Beyond the Summit." I wondered how his presentation would translate into written form. What I found when I read "Beyond the Summit," was an elegant, down to earth, kinda zen-like model on how to fully live a life - or conduct a business ascent. I found the philosophy inspiring and practical and the story as fascinating as the first time I heard it. This will be a book that I read at the beginning of each year to keep me on the right path.

Above and Beyond

Skinner offers an interesting twist to the standard "set goals" strategy for personal and business success. According to Skinner, it is better to establish outlandish goals and motivate yourself to achieve something above the common "10% above last years sales," approach.Skinner's ideas are clearly presented and successfully motivate the reader to re-attempt the goal approach to superior performance. While I am weary of being told to set goals, I enjoyed testing his hypothesis that setting outlandish goals will generate brainstorming and subconcsious thinking that wil help you reach these new goals. Set a goal to read this book. If nothing else, you will be reminded that goals (as we are always told according to some ancient Yale study)can help you achieve new heights in your career or personal aspirations.
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