The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life (Unabridged)
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4.5 • 11 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
We are a nation battered every day by stories about horrific calamities, tragic events, frightening statistics. Inevitably, our thoughts turn personal and we wonder if we have what it takes to get through when the worst is thrown our way.
While there are plenty of books about coping with adversity, it isn't until now, with The Survivors Club, that we discover the human factors that determine survival. It's a combination instruction manual and security blanket that blends compelling true stories with cutting-edge science to deliver some of the most important lessons we'll ever need to learn.
This audiobook will:
List the most important traits necessary for survival (fear is #1)
Identify the five types of survivors
Debunk myths (like only the strong survive), explore the frontiers of survival science (How much strain and punishment can a human body endure?), and introduce listeners to counterintuitive thinking (Ever heard of posttraumatic growth?).
Provide a Survivors Tool Kit, including an online test (at www.thesurvivorsclub.org/) that measures one's Survivor's Quotient
Each one of us eventually joins the club of millions who face life's inescapable tribulations and tragedies. The Survivors Club is the companion we need to prepare us for and guide us through the worst.
Customer Reviews
5 stars for author, 2 stars for itunes format
The material is good. However the 11 hour book is broken down into only 2 tracks. When rewinding to repeat a section, it's too easy to accidentally make it go back all the way to the beginning... a pain to deal with on an ipod nano & worse on a shuffle.
The alternative is to buy the CD's & manually upload onto your own computer & then download onto ipod. Pros & cons to either way.
An Uplifting Guidepost
A timely and entertaining book. There is indeed something inside of survivors which makes them endure enormous difficulty and continue to move forward. I relate to this because I have had to craft my own path to survival. The insight provided by this book is that we all have the capacity to survive in far greater ways than we might at first imagine. We can deal with health, family, money, and disasterous problems. It makes today's headlines seem alarmist given our ability to take on big troubles and prevail. Listeners will enjoy this book. I would also recommend "You Can Still Win!" by Andre Taylor which discusses survival and success in the context of career and business hurdles and setbacks.
Great book but a wee tad God heavy
I have to give it 5 stars because it really is good but the repeated references to god throughout were a little annoying. "My face was burned off but thank you God for only destroying my face" or "My family was eaten by Tigers but thank you God for not eating other people". (those are not real references from the book BTW) Once I read around the faith references the book was very solid with great advice and common sense approaches to surviving issues by preparation and readiness. This should also be listed in the religious section. Another downside I tried to find a code for the test at the end of the book and I never received an email with the code, the URL was changed without a 301 and I have no way to access that without going through the hassles of emailing them to get it resolved. That was the only other disappointment, but this book is still recommended for everyone.
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