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Case Studies

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Ranulph Fiennes

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is described by the Guinness Book of Records as “the world’s greatest living explorer”.  He was also once described by his prospective father-in law as ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’.   Sir Ranulph Fiennes was therefore, a natural candidate for us to review when researching high achievers for the Achieving Focus Course [...]

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Race Against Time, Ellen MacArthur

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

This book compliments the discussions in the Achieving Focus lesson.
This lesson will help you understand:

 The Success Factors for High Achievers
 How to Set Inspirational Goals
 How to develop Your Own Commitment to Achievement
 About techniques to build up your own Resolution to recover from set backs
 The importance of Continually developing your own competences
 How to Use the Pursuit of Happiness [...]

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Global Challenge : Leadership Lessons from the World’s Toughest Yacht Race

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

On 29th September 1996, 14 identical yachts left Southampton to participate in ‘The worlds Toughest Yacht Race’ - the BT Global Challenge - a 30,000 mile journey round the world the ‘wrong way’. Each yacht was led by professional skippers but was crewed by teams of volunteers. Many of these had limited sailing experience prior [...]

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Shackleton’s Way, M. Morrell & S. Capparell

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Sir Earnest Shackleton was one of the greatest explorers and leaders of men in the 20th Century. In 1914 Shackleton organised an expedition team to the Antarctic, when their ship the Endurance became wrecked he led the 27 strong team through a two-year long harrowing fight for their survival. Despite finding himself stranded 1200 miles [...]

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The Google Story by David Vise

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Quick Tip: Why Read It ?
We all know Google is today a phenomenal success story, we know this because of its stock valuation and because for most of us it is the first thing we see when we use the Internet.
However, before reading this book I was still puzzled by what made the company tick [...]

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