Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, And Why

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, And Why
by Laurence Gonzales

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, And Why
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Author: Laurence Gonzales
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09
ISBN: 0786146036
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

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Book Review: Lessons for Management
Summary: 5 Stars

While writing a human resources / management book, I realized that many of my references did not come from the world of business but rather from diverse subject matters. Nothing in my large stack of reference material was more useful than Laurence Gonzales's book on survival.

I greatly appreciated the writing style and the pace had me finishing the book in two settings. More importantly, I was so very glad to find that the lessons in this `survival' book could be readily applied to the business arena.

The lessons in this book: be calm, be decisive and never give up, were massaged and incorporated in my work. Together with surveys provided by our military leadership in Iraq, I was able to develop a guide for management in not only how to survive but thrive in a hostile environment.

I highly recommend this book to business leaders that truly want the best for their organizations and themselves. Michael L. Gooch, SPHR Author ofWingtips with Spurs

Summary of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, And Why

"Unique among survival books...stunning...enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading."-Penelope Purdy, Denver Post

After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better-equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?

Examining such stories of miraculous endurance and tragic death-how people get into trouble and how they get out again (or not)-Deep Survival takes us from the tops of snowy mountains and the depths of oceans to the workings of the brain that control our behavior. Through close analysis of case studies, Laurence Gonzales describes the "stages of survival" and reveals the essence of a survivor-truths that apply not only to surviving in the wild but also to surviving life-threatening illness, relationships, the death of a loved one, running a business during uncertain times, even war.

Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors.

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