Self Help & Motivation

Brief Summary The Mammoth Book Of Special Forces Training: Physical and Mental Secrets of Elite Military Units. In this encyclopedic book, Lewis provides insights into the origins, training, tactics, weapons and achievements of special forces and special mission units throughout the world, focusing particularly on US and UK forces. He also looks at the codes that that bind the members of these elite units together. He reveals training secrets in everything from wilderness survival to hand-to-hand combat. In doing so, he draws extensively on biographies, autobiographies, training manuals, interviews and press coverage of key operations. The elite forces covered include: The British Army’s Special Air Service (SAS), established in 1950, which has served as a model for the special forces of many countries. Its counter-terrorist wing famously took part in the hostage rescue during the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. The Parachute Regiment, the airborne infantry element of 16 Air Assault Brigade, which spearheads the British Army’s rapid intervention capability. It is closely linked to United Kingdom Special Forces. The US Navy’s SEALS (Sea, Air, Land Teams), trained to conduct special operations in any environment, but uniquely specialised and equipped to operate from and in the sea. Together with speedboat-operating Naval Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, they form the operational arm of the Naval Special Warfare community, the Navy component of the US Special Operations Command. Their special operations include: neutralizing enemy forces; reconnaissance; counter-terrorism (famously in the killing of Osama bin Laden); and training allies. The US Army’s Delta Force: The Special Mission Unit, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), known simply as Delta Force, the Army component of Joint Special Operations Command. Its role is counter-terrorism, direct action and national intervention operations, though it has the capability to conduct many different kinds of clandestine missions, including hostage rescues and raids. The US Army Rangers, a light infantry combat formation under the US Army Special Operation Command. The Green Berets – motto: ‘to free the oppressed’ – trained in languages, culture, diplomacy, psychological warfare and disinformation. ISBN:9781472111784 Author:Jon Lewis

Brief Summary Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy. How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much. In recent years, social scientists have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life outcomes than most people imagine. In Success and Luck, bestselling author and New York Times economics columnist Robert Frank explores the surprising implications of those findings to show why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in success--and why that hurts everyone, even the wealthy. Frank describes how, in a world increasingly dominated by winner-take-all markets, chance opportunities and trivial initial advantages often translate into much larger ones--and enormous income differences--over time; how false beliefs about luck persist, despite compelling evidence against them; and how myths about personal success and luck shape individual and political choices in harmful ways. But, Frank argues, we could decrease the inequality driven by sheer luck by adopting simple, unintrusive policies that would free up trillions of dollars each year--more than enough to fix our crumbling infrastructure, expand healthcare coverage, fight global warming, and reduce poverty, all without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone. If this sounds implausible, you'll be surprised to discover that the solution requires only a few, noncontroversial steps. Compellingly readable, Success and Luck shows how a more accurate understanding of the role of chance in life could lead to better, richer, and fairer economies and societies. ISBN:9780691167404 Author:Robert H Frank

Brief Summary How to Design Your Career Game Plan; A Guide to Help You Unlock Your Inner Strengths and Optimise Your Opportunities. Would you participate in a game where players just moved around the field haphazardly without a game plan and whose coach does not leverage the different players' strengths? Sadly, many people go through their personal and professional lives without a GAME PLAN. When changes such as restructuring at work, relocation, or other transition needs arise, they find themselves at a loss, not knowing how to deal with the dilemma. One of the most effective ways to build resilience in our professional lives is by equipping ourselves to be versatile so that we can grow and so that we can manage career transitions succssfuly. How to Design Your Career GAME PLAN is a practical guide that takes you through a process of self-discovery and equips you to design a plan to find and engage in work that aligns with your life's mission, values, and core strengths. This book will help you explore a comprehensive approach to examining who you are and consider how to make the best of your life. In the book, you will find various pointers to unlocking some of the situations that block your progress. How to Design Your Career Game Plan inspires the reader to embrace the practice of reflection, self-examination, and the value of playing to their GAME no matter where they are on their career journey. "