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Greetings!
There
is nothing like a stint camping in the freezing temperatures of Alberta
to remind us of the comforts we have at home. I am grateful now more
than ever for having a heated home with easy access to food.
Enjoy
the comforts of your home and please enjoy today's issue on the
subjects of Wilderness Survival and the Patterns of Giving Up.
Cheers,
Chris
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U Venture : Six Places to Give Up
Most
of us grew up taking classes, doing homework, and passing (or failing)
tests. Then we found a job, got trained for the job to do the job and
we succeed in the job! Schools are good that way. They train us
to be good trainees.
There
is another kind of learning however where you have to design your own
course, make up your own homework, choose your own standards and hope
you survive reality's tests.
Whether we're forced to do
it on the job or we are thrown into an unexpected crisis or we choose
to start our own pioneering project, there are no clear teachers and no
clear direction let alone a clear path. Worse, success is chancy and giving up is a real temptation.
School does not train us for this kind of learning.
If you are on an important new adventure with a murky destination and doubts about your ability to get there (wherever there is), the path you'll follow will look very different from what society normally teaches us.
Not
to worry... you are not alone. Others have explored the frontier
before. Although the details are different, their struggles have a
similar feel to them that will help you become more aware of the types
of challenges you will face.
Based on the patterns identified by
the Action Studies Institute research on adaptive persistence, here are
six places in the pioneering journey where you might run into trouble
and give up.
Read on to learn about the patterns of giving up...
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Chris's Corner : Learning About Wilderness Survival
What
if you got lost in the boreal forests of Alberta in winter in minus 20
degree Celsius weather without a tent or a sleeping bag? If you
had an inexpensive portable survival kit, then staying alive is
possible... even comfortable!
This past weekend I went on a
field trip as part of the Wilderness Survival Course taught by Dudley
Driscoll through the University of Calgary. It was a thrilling
experience especially for a dedicated urban dweller like myself (my
brother is the serious outdoor enthusiast in the family). I found every
aspect of the outdoors fresh and exciting to me.
I have long been fascinated by the question of survival. I spent many years training with the Progressive Combat Academy to learn about surviving urban violence. It seemed only natural to learn about wilderness survival.
Why the fascination with survival you may ask and what does it have to do with the human venture?
Read more about wilderness survival...
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How to Evaluate Corporate Strategy
"If
you ask young men what they want to accomplish by the time they are 40,
the answers you get fall into two distinct categories."
"There
are those-the great majority-who will respond in terms of what they
want to have. This is especially true of graduate students of business
administration."
"There are some men, however, who will answer
in terms of the kind of men they hope to be. These are the only ones
who have a clear idea of where they are going."
"The same is true of companies..."
(click here for the rest of the quote)
Seymour Tilles, Harvard Business Review (1963)
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