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The Art of Clear Thinking

A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Making Tough Decisions

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The Art of Clear Thinking

By: Hasard Lee
Narrated by: Hasard Lee
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Sharpen your instincts in a world full of uncertainty and risk.

The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with fewer than one-in-a-thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic consequences. Throughout his high-pressure career in the cockpit of the world's most advanced and expensive weapons systems, Hasard Lee learned to master skills at the apex of decision-making theory and practice.

Now he shares gripping firsthand accounts from his time as a fighter pilot, and distills what he's learned into a powerful ACE Helix framework that can be used in business and in life, revealing how to:

• LEARN BETTER AND FASTER

• CULTIVATE MENTAL TOUGHNESS

• DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO QUICKLY ASSESS, CHOOSE, AND EXECUTE

• AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

These combat-tested techniques have already benefitted CEO's, astronauts, CIA agents and many others, and now The Art of Clear Thinking will enable anyone to perform at their peak.

©2023 Hasard Lee (P)2023 Penguin Audio Career Success Decision-Making & Problem Solving Management & Leadership Negotiating Career Business Leadership Aviation Air Force

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Exceptional content with constructive recommendations, enjoyable read from start to finish! As a pilot, I find this book relevant not only in aviation but the techniques taught can also be applied in other fields.

5 star reading experience

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References at the end of the book should be on Hasard Lee’s website for updates etc.

Fast forecasting and other techniques to assess risk.

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This book is fascinating. From start to finish there are parallels to be drawn between the role of a fighter pilot and the thinking we could all adopt in business.

Highly recommend

Fascinating from start to finish

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I enjoyed every second of this book. Stories told there remain deep in my memory and Ive learned my lessons

amazing

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I found this by book easy to listen to through the intonation used by the author, it’s always nice to hear the authors voice delivering the story as intended. He uses great real world examples to highlight the challenges in making decisions under pressure and in complex scenarios. The analysis used to break down the problem of making good decisions is intriguing and exercises your own thoughts on “what would I do?” As a fellow aviator, I can very much relate to the aspects covered by the author. This book is certainly a valuable read for those wishing to develop their own critical thinking for the challenges of life.

An interesting and thought provoking book

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