Undisrupted: How highly-effective people deal with disruptions

De: John Vespasian

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Is your life running smoothly, always filled with success and happiness? Or do you sometimes face disruptions and periods of chaos? If this is the case, you need the lessons contained in this book:

• How industrialist Savva Mamontov could have prevented disruptions from destroying his life.
• Why Albert Schweitzer only grew happy and famous after turning his life upside down.
• The disruptive strategy that enabled Joseph Paxton, a simple gardener, to become wealthy.
• How it is possible that the all-powerful Knights Templar were wiped out overnight.
• The method conceived by Abbot Suger in the twelfth century for running projects smoothly.
• Which variation of positive thinking Emile Coue invented for overcoming disruptions.

This book presents real-life lessons that can massively increase your ability to succeed in the face of disruptions.

EXCERPT FROM THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1. The key to dealing effectively with disruption
The type of disruptions you should embrace wholeheartedly
A powerful insight emerges: Kovalevsky's discovery
Do this, and you will avert catastrophic consequences

Chapter 2. Using disruptive moves for career success
Why I am in favour of risk reduction
Progress will be smoother if you don't force the machine
Disruptions that create opportunities for advancement

Chapter 3. A fruitful way to turn your life upside down
The perfect antidote against feelings of dissatisfaction
When your best option is to turn your life upside down
A resilient lifestyle and its favourable consequences

Chapter 4. The nonsense of going back to nature
Countryside quietness can be deceptive and harmful
How people develop unsustainable views
The delusion of a peaceful, undisturbed life in nature

Chapter 5. Stop listening to prophets of doom
Listen only to those who offer you a workable approach
Attain general victories by overcoming specific disruptions
Give me real solutions, not statistical data

Chapter 6. How to make yourself immune to disruptions
Two talented men, two heavily contrasting results
A relentless focus on existing opportunities
Low-cost innovation can make you dramatically stronger

Chapter 7. People who survive extreme situations
Thriving against all odds in hostile environments
Fell from a flying aeroplane, survived and recovered well
Questionable certainties in the face of disruption

Chapter 8. Proven recipes against vulnerability
Less vulnerability, fewer disruptions: an illustration
Segmentation: a solid strategy you can implement today
How to structure your day, so that it's remarkably strong

Chapter 9. The poisonous myth of the inception point
The Knights Templar: fierce warriors, easily overturned
Beware of false narratives of prosperity and strength
Overnight demise is a fairy tale for the unwary

Chapter 10. Master's lessons for thinking on your feet
The light touch of the master: no fear, no overreaction
Making good choices in the face of overwhelming pressure
When you are given only ten seconds to save the day

Chapter 11. Never late, never defeated, never derailed
A universal method for handling destabilizing factors
This mental trick from the Middle Ages is still working
Kilograms, meters, hours – what do they have in common?

Chapter 12. Overcoming physical and mental disruptions
How a desperately ill woman turned her life around
The resistance to acknowledging past errors
Taking a close look at faith healing

Chapter 13. A controversial recipe for smooth living
How to perceive signals well in advance
Accepting the drawbacks of simplicity and speed
Discard ideas that are keeping you weak and vulnerable