I was Attracted to this book Because I have been in bad car accidents and two hotel fires, once had the airplane window near me break during a flight, designed the plan for an Event where the safety team saved two children's lives, and have driven through many dangerous blizzards where every other car that spinning off the road out of control. From Those experiences, I learned to appreciate thatthere were good and bad features about my reactions during stressful times Those. I was so astonished to see how many people would have been injured or killed if someone had not taken fast and insistent action.
Needless to say, I'm Convinced That I will have experiences like these again in the future and wanted to be better prepared. I was very pleased with what I learned as Ms. Ripley Explained the psychology and physiology of dealing with various life-threatening situations. With this added information, I'm sure I'll make faster and better decisions in the future. , , Those decisions and implement better.
Many books written by journalists about serious subjects do not get much below the surface of who, what, When, where, why, and how of events They wish to use as set pieces. Ms. Ripley is the happy exception to THAT Rule. This author really thinks about what she is studying and went all over the world to gain more information. In addition, she writes well.
I was very impressed by how well she Expressed the problem of human beings not knowing what to do if theyhave not thought about a problem before or have not had experience in at area. This is a subject of much interest to me: because it is the main barrier to people grasping opportunities important thatthey are ignoring.
I Hope that Ms. Ripley will consider writing a book that looks at why people do not seize opportunities When They Are Not in a threatening situation. I believe indeed forth recommendations for better leadership, more preparation, clearer directions, advance experience with simulation, and knowing yourself better would apply to That class of problems as well. By combining the two perspectives, I think She Could help us understand how to be more successful, as well as safer.
Brava, Ms. Ripley!
