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Moon shot : a NASA astronaut's guide to achieving the impossible / Mike Massimino.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Hachette Go, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 204 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780306832642
  • 030683264X
  • 9780306832659
  • 0306832658
Other title:
  • Moonshot
Subject(s):
Contents:
One in a million is not zero -- No one leaves the pool until everyone passes the test -- Speak up -- Trust your training, trust your gear, and trust your team -- You can always make it worse -- The first rule of leadership -- Houston, we have a problem -- The thirty-second rule -- Be amazed -- Know when to pivot.
Summary: "When you think of a NASA astronaut, the image that probably comes to mind is one of the All-American hero: athletic, charismatic, ready to take on the stars. But former NASA astronaut turned business speaker and bestselling author Mike Massimino was pretty much the opposite. He was the underdog, one of the weakest swimmers during NASA training and a "gangly, scrawny, working-class kid from Long Island with bad eyesight and a fear of heights." Still, after working hard and working smart, Massimino had a successful career as an astronaut. Now, he uses his experience to bring readers valuable, actionable, and entertaining advice for how to get back up and make possible the seemingly impossible--now on Earth. Moonshot shares Massimino's hard-earned lessons and how to apply them in work and life. Using humor and a unique storytelling ability, he inspires readers to identify the passion in their work, use teamwork and innovation to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing a goal. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike operates as our mission control to navigate us as we achieve our own personal and professional moonshots. Like Admiral McRaven's Make Your Bed and Voss's Never Split the Difference brought military and hostage negotiation lessons to civilian life, Moonshot distills stories and insights from NASA into an accessible, compact, actionable guide of how to get the little things right to accomplish our big goals"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 153.8 M417 Available 33111011106776
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 153.8 M417 Available 33111011227184
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 153.8 M417 Available 33111011146848
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn the NASA Astronaut mindset to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing your wildest ambitions.



Mike Massimino achieved his dream of exploring space. Now he distills stories and insights from NASA into an actionable guide to accomplish your biggest goals. Mike reveals how to make possible the seemingly impossible--on Earth. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike identifies ten hard-earned lessons of spaceflight and his other life experiences, including:



* One in a Million Is Not Zero : The odds are against you. Do it anyway.

* The Thirty-Second Rule : You're going to make mistakes. Learn how to deal with them.

* Be Amazed : The universe is an incredible place. Stop what you're doing and look around.

* Know When to Pivot : Change is inevitable. Accept and embrace it.



We all have our own personal "moon shots" we'd like to take in life, but as mission control will tell you, doing one big thing really means getting a thousand little things right along the way. Moonshot is the book that will show you how to do just that, and help set you on the right path to achieve your own personal and professional dreams.

One in a million is not zero -- No one leaves the pool until everyone passes the test -- Speak up -- Trust your training, trust your gear, and trust your team -- You can always make it worse -- The first rule of leadership -- Houston, we have a problem -- The thirty-second rule -- Be amazed -- Know when to pivot.

"When you think of a NASA astronaut, the image that probably comes to mind is one of the All-American hero: athletic, charismatic, ready to take on the stars. But former NASA astronaut turned business speaker and bestselling author Mike Massimino was pretty much the opposite. He was the underdog, one of the weakest swimmers during NASA training and a "gangly, scrawny, working-class kid from Long Island with bad eyesight and a fear of heights." Still, after working hard and working smart, Massimino had a successful career as an astronaut. Now, he uses his experience to bring readers valuable, actionable, and entertaining advice for how to get back up and make possible the seemingly impossible--now on Earth. Moonshot shares Massimino's hard-earned lessons and how to apply them in work and life. Using humor and a unique storytelling ability, he inspires readers to identify the passion in their work, use teamwork and innovation to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing a goal. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike operates as our mission control to navigate us as we achieve our own personal and professional moonshots. Like Admiral McRaven's Make Your Bed and Voss's Never Split the Difference brought military and hostage negotiation lessons to civilian life, Moonshot distills stories and insights from NASA into an accessible, compact, actionable guide of how to get the little things right to accomplish our big goals"-- Provided by publisher.

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