After a tragic accident involving a truck, a teenage girl named Grace and her horse Pilgrim are severely injured. Grace's mother, Annie, becomes obsessed with healing both her daughter and the horse, leading her to Tom Booker, a horse whisperer in Montana. As Annie, Grace, and Pilgrim spend time at the Booker ranch, their lives are transformed through Tom's unique gift of calming and healing horses. The story unfolds as an epic love story and a gripping adventure, exploring themes of healing, redemption, and the deep bonds between humans and animals.
Gary Klein's "Sources of Power" explores how people make decisions in complex, real-world situations. It challenges traditional models of decision-making, emphasizing the importance of experience, intuition, and mental simulation. The book highlights the Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) model, which describes how experts quickly recognize patterns and make effective decisions under pressure. Klein's research draws on observations of firefighters, military commanders, and other professionals, demonstrating how expertise is developed and applied in high-stakes environments. The book offers valuable insights for anyone seeking to improve their decision-making skills.
In this book, Annie Duke teaches readers how to make better decisions by treating them as 'bets' on uncertain outcomes. She emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between the quality of a decision and its outcome, acknowledging the role of luck, and avoiding biases such as 'resulting' and hindsight bias. Duke draws on her experiences as a professional poker player and combines these with insights from cognitive psychology and other fields to provide tools for making more objective and thoughtful decisions. The book encourages readers to get comfortable with uncertainty, seek truth through diverse opinions, and learn from outcomes to improve future decision-making[1][3][5].
In 'Turn the Ship Around!', Captain L. David Marquet recounts his experience as the commander of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine. Initially trained in the traditional 'know all–tell all' leadership model, Marquet faced significant challenges when he took command of the Santa Fe, which was then one of the worst-performing submarines in the fleet. He realized that the traditional leader-follower approach was ineffective and decided to implement a leader-leader model, where every crew member was empowered to take responsibility and make decisions. This approach led to a dramatic improvement in morale, performance, and retention, transforming the Santa Fe into one of the best submarines in the fleet. The book provides practical insights and strategies for implementing this leadership model in various organizational settings.
Meditations is a series of private writings composed by Marcus Aurelius, one of Rome's greatest emperors, as he struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Written between 170 and 180 CE while on military campaigns, this work combines Stoic philosophy with personal observations on leadership, duty, mortality, and human nature. Through twelve books of intimate thoughts never intended for publication, Marcus Aurelius explores themes of self-improvement, resilience in the face of adversity, and living virtuously while accepting what cannot be changed.
Please enjoy Preston's conversation with Dan Dworkis on "lessons from the ER and beyond on developing the tools it takes to succeed during emergencies and apply knowledge under pressure".
Dan Dworkis, MD PhD, is a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, a board-certified emergency medicine physician at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Dworkis built The Emergency Mind platform and podcast to help individuals and teams perform better under pressure in and out of the emergency Department.
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