Product Description
What do you do when someone tells you, “It can’t be done”?
Here is the extraordinary story of three people — an explorer, an engineer and a statesman — who repeatedly proved critics and naysayers wrong.
Roald Amundsen — the Norwegian explorer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel — the greatest engineer the world has ever seen
Teddy Roosevelt — the cowboy turned statesman
Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results reveals the outsized risks and setbacks each faced in their quest to change our world.
Diving deeply into the triumphs that turned these everyday men into legendary champions, this book takes you up close and personal to the hardships and obstacles they encountered in bringing their greatest endeavors to life, including:
· Brunel’s Great Western Railway,
· Amundsen’s quest for the Northwest Passage and the South Pole, and
· Roosevelt’s epic construction of the Panama Canal
“Bullets, blizzards, fires, and floods were all part of a day’s work.”
With a stunning narrative, this book puts you in the middle of the fray and draws lessons that can be used today. Encompassing true stories that changed the world, you’ll discover inspiration for grand ambition, valuable insight into present-day civilization, and effective strategies for success.
Buy Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results today, and get a thrilling, first-hand look into what catapults people into another level of greatness. And bring some of the lessons into your own life.
About the author
Brad Borkan has always been fascinated with how people and businesses can make better decisions. His expertise is in the leadership and teamwork lessons we can learn from explorers and other people in history who dared greatly and succeeded against all odds. With a graduate degree in Decision Sciences, Brad is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He has presented at business and Antarctic conferences, given a lecture on an Antarctic ship, and appeared on numerous historical and business-focused podcasts.
My Thoughts
Let me first off saying this isn’t my normal type of read but I was very intrigued by the book thinking that this could easily be of help to many of us.
I really enjoyed the stories that they deal with and talking about the people involved. It had a lot of facts and shows a lot of optimism as well as the reality of the situations.
I like learning and this has a lot of interesting items that I never would have learned. I really enjoyed the railway stories. My grandfather worked on the railways as do two of my cousins. I think that this was for me the more fun part and it made me feel more connected to my Grandfather.
I probably wouldn’t have grabbed this book had I been looking in a store. It isn’t because this isn’t interesting but because this genre isn’t put out in the public eye. I do hope that this book will be pushed as I really think it had so many eye openers and the writing style was very good.
For me I would definitely recommend this book as I think it’s always good to learn about the past as it could easily be something for the future.
I feel that this this book I have a better understanding of the past and more especially of setting goals and pushing to meet those goals.
I want to thank the author, publisher and Anne Cater for allowing me this opportunity to read and review this book.
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