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That's Outside My Boat: Letting Go of What You Can't Control

 
 
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That's Outside My Boat: Letting Go of What You Can't Control

When veteran television announcer Charlie Jones got assigned to the hinterlands of Olympic broadcasting to cover rowing, canoeing, and kayaking, he serendipitously discovered a powerful philosophy for focused living: That's Outside My Boat. He learned that Olympic rowers never let anything outside their boat prevent them from achieving their goals. Jones, with coauthor Kim Doren, realized that the world of business - and all aspects of life - could greatly benefit when this same perspective is applied. The book uses the power of the personal example to show how focusing on what one decides is important fosters success. Bob Wright, vice chairman of General Electric; Terry Bradshaw, NFL broadcaster and TV personality; Jack Kemp, codirector of Empower America; Liz Dolan, former Nike corporate vice president; and many other business leaders apply this philosophy to their own experience in That's Outside My Boat. It's a powerful tool for business and life.

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Product Details:
Author: Charlie Jones
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: July 14, 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 1439201625
Package Length: 6.9 inches
Package Width: 5.0 inches
Package Height: 0.7 inches
Package Weight: 0.55 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 2 reviews
 
 

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5GREAT BOOK, REAL LIFE EXAMPLES  Jan 08, 2002

This book was great. Each chapter is no more than 4 pages each. It gives you real life stories from the former CEO of Nike to a vietnam veteran to a divorced mother. This book helps you to understand what it is you control and how you can control it, and to decide what you cannot control, so that it won't get the best of you. It is very well written, and helped me with my stressful job. I recommend this book to anyone in business and those in a a management or leadership role. This can help to develop teamwork, or it can apply individually. Out of all professional development books I have read, this is by far the best influence in my life and at work.

5GREAT BOOK  Feb 08, 2012
By José Angel Santana, PhD
I teach a course, "The Art of Connecting" at the School of Visual Arts, in New York City. Since I began teaching this course in 2007, I've ordered numerous used versions of Charlie Jones' book just in case they were to ever run out. It's been out of print until recently. Preparing to teach this evening, I came here to check its availability so that I could once again recommend it to my students. I am very happy to learn that it's back in print. This book is an invaluable resource for understanding how to apply one of the most important principles for living: to understand what is and what is not in our power to control and focusing on what is, rather than on what is not. As related to human relations, we can not try to control other people and be truly happy ourselves. Thank you Charlie Jones for your book.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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