The Way of Adventure: The Six Steps to the Top in Business and Life: Transforming Your Life and Work with Spirit and Vision

By Jeff Salz

Book Overview

"Into Thin Air meets The Road Less Traveled. Adventure is a tool, and Jeff Salz has written a manual that details its use."-Tim Cahill, author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh and ounding editor of Outside magazine "The Way of Adventure will stir your blood, stretch your vision, and start you packing for the journey to the next horizon." --Sam Keen, New York Times bestselling author of Fire in the Belly and Learning to Fly "The Way of Adventure is great In the busy world we all live in, it is so easy to fall into a rut and sleepwalk through life. Unless you turn your everyday life into an adventure, you aren't getting the most out of it. This book tackles the journey of following your heart."--Kevin Turner, Senior Vice President and CIO, Wal-Mart "A wonderful, illuminating, and inspiring book. In this modern era of cell phones, e-mail, and time management, it is a delight to enter the world of the unpredictable, the exciting-and even the miraculous. In this book, Dr. Jeff Salz shares his extraordinary life experiences as an anthropologist, adventurer, and storyteller as he shows you how to rekindle the spirit of adventure, discovery, and wonder in your work, your relationships, and in every aspect of your life."--Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., author of Age Wave "An absolutely wonderful book. Success is about finding adventure wherever you are. The Way of Adventure shows us how to expand our lives in ways that bring the worlds of business and personal adventure together. It inspires, informs, and entertains."-Stacy Allison, author, business consultant, and the first American woman to climb Mount Everest "Jeff Salz is a pioneer, blazing trails for us about how to live a richer, fuller, more rewarding life. This gem of a book is crammed with a wonderful combination of high adventure and profound wisdom that will enable anyone to succeed on any path you choose."-Robert Kriegel, Ph.D., NPR commentator and author of If It Ain't Broke, Break It

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471387584
• ISBN13: 9780471387589
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Adventures in Everyday Life

Salz tone of high adventure combined with self-deprecation (he actually advocates falling off your horse as an excellent way to establish rapport with the natives) definitely makes for an entertaining read.While his of the Andes and Patagonia (from which one can learn an astounding number of ways to use one's hands when they are frozen solid) are gripping, Salz should be more readily compared to Richard Bach than Sebastian Junger. Salz manages to give concrete ways of getting the spirit of adventure into your life without having to get your passport stamped... or even leaving your own backyard!I'd recommend this book highly to anyone who feels like the grind of everyday life is getting them down. I look forward to his next book!

A Remarkable Adventurer

Jeff Salz is adventure. Every minute of his life is filled with the quest for it. His talent at sharing this with others is amazing. To follow Jeff's sharing is to find the love of adventure within the folds of your own life. Or to break out of those folds and do something that is so you, so on your edge and so filled with aspects of your own unlived life that you know aliveness from the inside out. You can live great aliveness and inner peace at once. Jeff has the gift to show how.

Equal Parts Adventure, Wisdom, Humor, and Joy.

This book tells the story of the author's travels to exotic locales in search of adventure, self, and the meaning of life. Along the way he discovers that you don't need to leave home to find meaning and fulfillment, you just need the courage and willingness to discover the adventure of being human.Salz's writing is authentic, his observations simple but profound, and his stories entertaining and inspirational. Each chapter is sprinkled with adventures and exercises you can create that cost nothing, require little time, and are sure to make a difference in your experience of life.You don't have to be a mountaineer, athlete, or traveler to enjoy this book, all you need is a desire to squeeze every juicy drop out of life. I plan to give copies of this book to many friends.

What Are You Waiting For?

In his Introduction, Salz observes:"This book is about facing everyday life, work, and relationships with the spirit of adventure. And one thing is certain: most folks in modern civilization are seriously in need of adventure. Never before has a species been locked in a struggle with its own datebooks for survival. We are moving so fast that the phrase human race has taken on a new meaning; each day we feel as though we are falling farther and farther behind. And there is a modem to our madness."Years ago, someone whose name I do not recall suggested to the effect that there is so much pleasure in our lives...but so little joy. Salz seems to agree. The subtitle of his book indicates that it is about "transforming your life and work with spirit and vision" and that is quite true. He engages his reader in a spiritual as well as physical journey which consists of a series of six "steps", each of which he discusses with meticulous care and engaging sensitivity. These "steps" are: Leap Before You LookAim Higher Than EverestGive It All You've GotWork Some MagicKeep On Your BearingEnjoy the ViewIt would be a great disservice to Salz and to you for me to reveal more about the aforementioned "journey" except to add it is one which really can enable anyone to transform her or his life and work "with spirit and vision." If you are among those who now feel (and are concerned about) an absence of joy in their lives, read this book and then seek out your own "mountains" to climb. Whitman once said, "I am large. I contain multitudes." So are you. I am certain you will find Salz to be an invaluable source of wisdom and inspiration as you prepare for your next "journey."

The spirit and vision of Jeff Salz

Here's a "self help" book that is a joy to read. The spirit and vision of the author shines through in his personal experiences and life searches. He writes with humor and just a bit of sardonic wit that entertains at the same time as it educates. The hands-on exercises are easy and illuminating and EVERYONE will find a way to apply these lessons to his(or her) everyday life. This book is a must!