Moon shot : a NASA astronaut's guide to achieving the impossible / Mike Massimino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massimino, Mike, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation (Psychology).

Conduct of life.

ethics (philosophical concept).

Genre:

Self-help publications.

Physical Description:

xi, 204 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut's guide to achieving the impossible

Moonshot

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books, 2023.

Summary:

"When you think of a NASA astronaut, the image that probably comes to mind is one of the All-American hero: athletic, charismatic, ready to take on the stars. But former NASA astronaut turned business speaker and bestselling author Mike Massimino was pretty much the opposite. He was the underdog, one of the weakest swimmers during NASA training and a "gangly, scrawny, working-class kid from Long Island with bad eyesight and a fear of heights." Still, after working hard and working smart, Massimino had a successful career as an astronaut. Now, he uses his experience to bring readers valuable, actionable, and entertaining advice for how to get back up and make possible the seemingly impossible--now on Earth. Moonshot shares Massimino's hard-earned lessons and how to apply them in work and life. Using humor and a unique storytelling ability, he inspires readers to identify the passion in their work, use teamwork and innovation to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing a goal. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike operates as our mission control to navigate us as we achieve our own personal and professional moonshots. Like Admiral McRaven's Make Your Bed and Voss's Never Split the Difference brought military and hostage negotiation lessons to civilian life, Moonshot distills stories and insights from NASA into an accessible, compact, actionable guide of how to get the little things right to accomplish our big goals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

One in a million is not zero

No one leaves the pool until everyone passes the test

Speak up

Trust your training, trust your gear, and trust your team

You can always make it worse

The first rule of leadership

Houston, we have a problem

The thirty-second rule

Be amazed

Know when to pivot.

ISBN:

9780306832642

030683264X

9780306832659

0306832658

OCLC:

1375289230

Publisher Number:

99995337107