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Preface: We Surely All Will Die | |
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An Eskimo on the Titanic | |
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Dangerous Waters | |
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Sailors and Paddlers: Your Real Job Is Change | |
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The Limits of Flat-Water Thinking | |
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Working the Eddies: Pace Yourself to Preserve Your Sanity | |
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All Hands on Deck | |
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We Are Drowning in Change | |
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The Impact of Exhaustion | |
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Strategies for Pacing | |
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Create a "Not To Do" List | |
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Build Breaks in the Action | |
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Get Good Sleep | |
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Take a Nap | |
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Enforce Vacations | |
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Avoid the Perils of the Crazy Brave and Phony Tough | |
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Keep a Roll in Reserve | |
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Mastering the Roll: Prepare to Fail Gracefully and Recover Quickly | |
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Failure Is the Only Option | |
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Strategies for Failing Quickly and Recovering Gracefully | |
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Treat Your Career as a Series of Experiments | |
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Minimize the Risk of Failure | |
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Master the Emotions of Failure | |
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Practice Failing | |
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Prepare to Learn from Failure | |
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Make Your Mistakes on the Move | |
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Failing and Play | |
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The Power of Play: Optimism and Resilience | |
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The Play's the Thing | |
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The Power of Optimism | |
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Strategies for Unsinkable Optimism | |
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Create Optimism and Avoid Learned Helplessness | |
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When All Else Fails, Paddle Like Hell | |
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Choose Your Equipment for the Right Level of Fun | |
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Patience: Keep Your Feet Up and Go With the Flow | |
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Recharge by Paddling | |
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Create Time and Space for Play | |
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Cultivate Exuberance | |
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Personal Flotation: You Are Responsible for Your Own Security | |
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Sink or Swim | |
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Strategies for Personal Flotation | |
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Learn Self-Rescue by Developing Your "Brand You" | |
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Build a Portfolio of Projects | |
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Practice Your Offiside Roll: Cultivate Diverse Skills to Increase Maneuverability | |
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Create Strong Networks | |
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Take Care of Your Health | |
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Alone in a Tight Place | |
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Scouting and Portaging: Set Your Own Course | |
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Meaning Is Local | |
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Get Out When You Hear the Roarof the Falls | |
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Strategies for Scouting and Portaging | |
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Listen to the River: Read the Water | |
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Develop Your Intuition and Then Listen to It | |
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Listen to Others: Learn from Reports of Fellow Travelers | |
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Know When To Portage | |
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Recognize When You Are Drowning | |
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Listen to Your Heart | |
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When in Doubt, Scout | |
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The Phoenix | |
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Rising Above the Roar: Communicate Through Symbols | |
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Strategies for Communicating Above the Roar | |
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words | |
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Maintain a Line of Sight | |
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Never Risk a Lie-Even Unintentionally | |
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Ensure Two-Way Communication | |
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Create Space to Grieve: Funerals, Irish Wakes, Slicing Nursing Stations, and Other Symbolic Events | |
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Make Sense of What Happened: Share Stories Around the Fire | |
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Use Myths to Create Meaning | |
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Use Metaphors | |
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Finding Meaning and Shaping a Legacy | |
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Building Flocks: Teaming for Today's Run | |
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Murmurations of Starlings: Teams Have a Life of Their Own | |
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Strategies for Teaming | |
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Know What You Bring to the Team | |
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Know Your Teammates | |
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Become Skilled at Entering and Leaving Teams | |
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Find Safety in Numbers | |
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Understand What Game You Are Playing | |
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Choose the Right Vessel | |
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Understand the Working of Teams | |
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The Power of the Team | |
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Leading Trips: Guiding Through Permanent Whitewater | |
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Leading in Permanent Whitewater | |
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Understand Power and Influence on the River | |
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Build Trust | |
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Stepping Aside: Manage Shifting Roles | |
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Enabling Leaders and Following Followers: Stepping Up to Leadership | |
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Assembling the Right Team | |
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Structuring the Team | |
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Humility and the Art of Leading from Behind | |
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Conclusion, What Conclusion? | |
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Building the G-Rig | |
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The Rivers Are Rising | |
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No Place to Hide-But Why Would You Want To? | |
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Endnotes | |
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Index | |