The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood
This book refers to another I recommended entitled Deep
Survival by Lawrence Gonzales. Over the years I’d come across some of the
subjects addressed in this book but couldn’t find the reference again, so I was
happy to find them here. One, in particular, is the chapter on luck. I’ve
mentioned it in seminars and conversations and Sherwood goes into some detail
on the research. Luck has been found to be largely a product of attitude and
actions, qualities we try to impart to our students.
He writes about survival stories and interviewed the
survivors to see what they think were the keys to living through the events. He
finds researchers all over the world working on determining if there is a
formula to figure out who lives or dies (there are). He writes about the will
to live, resiliency, being prepared, why people freeze in bad situations, how
faith affects survival and much more.
Sherwood has also created a website with stories and more.
In it you can take a survivors test to see which of the five types of survivor
you are. I am a Thinker. Interesting test.
This is one of those books that’s worth reading twice. If
you’re interested in hearing what a man who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge
has to say, get it.
Published by Grand Central Publishing. ISBN is 978-0-446-58024-3.
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