Are you a survivor? As humans, we know that amid the good times we experience in life we will, sooner or later, likely face adversity too. How we respond to misfortunes big or little will be a choice. When your moment comes, what will you do? Are you prepared to be a survivor? Survival isn't limited to shipwrecks, avalanches, and plane crashes. Survival is fighting against a dreaded diagnosis. Survival is managing a bitter divorce. Survival is choosing to go on when you lose a parent, a partner, or a child. is book closes the gap between the person trapped on Everest and the person trapped in a hospital bed. Resilience is universal. All the survivors you ll read about in these pages, whether an extreme or an everyday hero, followed the same five-step protocol in their fight to survive. Pat Finley calls that tried-and-tested protocol REACH for responsibility, evaluation, action, confidence, and happiness; applying it to your life will be practical, powerful, and inspiring. Read Spinning into Control to learn how to make decisions in a time of crisis, to remain positive in tough times, and to deal with the aftermath of survival. e key to your best outcome in any situation is preparation. Reach for it now, before your crisis comes, to help you engage difficulties and come out the other side a winner. Take the Survival Assessment on page ix inside to start your survival journey. And We are all survivors.
I just finished reading Spinning Into Control for the second time and I was able to gain even more knowledge and self understanding this time around. I have been through a few survival situations, and before reading this book I was never able to properly process them. First of all, realizing that what I went through was indeed survival, and realizing how some of the experiences I’ve had since have been affected by those moments. I used this second time reading through the REACH protocol to actually look back on my survival and see how I handled each of the five steps. I discovered that my survival journey fit into all 5 perfectly. 10/10 would recommend this book to anyone who needs to process any type of survival or to anyone who wants to learn more about themselves!
What an incredible, inspirational book. This really hit home with me as the author and I share a few similarities. Please read this book, you will not be sorry you did. Thank you Patrick!