Summit Strategies: Secrets to Mastering the Everest in Your Life

by Gary P. Scott, Dick Bass,  . 

Book Overview

Using mountain climbing as a metaphor for life, international mountain climber Gary Scott explains how everyone has a Mount Everest to climb, conquer, and learn from. From wherever you stand right now, Summit Strategies can help you reach your own personal summit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582701016
• ISBN13: 9781582701011
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Wisdom and Joy in a quick read

You will not want to put this book down, and though a short read, you'll want to read it over and over. It makes the kind of gift that friends wil cherish, as it porpels them along the path of thier greatest joys and successes. The engaging stories of mountaineering life provide a great backdrop to exploring success and performance strategies that have been true forever. Do yourself a favor and read this book.

Wow, what an adventure!

Author Gary Scott shares some of his incredible stories and lessons learned from years of rock and mountain climbing and masterfully translate those lessons into simple steps anyone can use to achieve their goals and/or overcome obstacles in their everyday life. This was definitely a book I did not want to put down. I was excited to graduate to the next lesson, and at the same time sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to see how Gary's story on Everest concludes. Read this book and see what I mean. You don't have to be a climber or adventure seeker to enjoy and benefit from this wonderful read.

Life lessons in high places

Gary Scott successfully confronts the personal challenges each of us face in the course of daily living. Using the real life circumstances of a professional mountaineer, Gary uses gripping accounts of attempts on some of the worlds most challenges climbs to demonstrate what one must do to overcome obstacles to personal success. Anyone striving for excellence and the desire to be an overcomer will enjoy Summit Strategies

Anything is possible

Gary Scott shows the reader precisely what it takes to attain any goal in life through determination and focus. Whether it's a short term or long term goal, from the simplest task to climbing Everest--anything is possible.

Powerful, thought provoking and a real page turner

A powerful and thought provoking book, this book would benefit anyone interested in self growth. The author illustrates difficult concepts such as instinct and confidence with engaging accounts of his mountain climbs and then follows with the lesson applied in daily life. The life threatening consequences of climbing serves as a perfect laboratory in which to observe human behavior as climbing strips away the non essentials when ones focus is survival. And yet the book is entertaining and inspiring so that I didn't want to put it down. Having read over 30 self growth books and close to 100 mountaineering books, I highly recommend this book. This book enables the reader to learn from these experiences and apply the lessons to their own challenges either on the mountain or in every day life.