Doren Kim - Thats outside my boat: letting go of what you cant control

Thats Outside My Boat should be read by everyone who wants to add value to his or her life, relationships, and career. It teaches one of lifes most valuable lessons in achieving success, both personally and professionally. Champions focus their energies on the things they can control. Everyone who reads it will come away re-energized with the tools he or she needs to take the checkered flag and become a champion.

JOE HEITZLER

Chairman of the Board, president, and CEO, Championship Auto Racing Teams

Thats Outside My Boat is a marvelous guide to lifebusiness and personal. Good lessons in each of fifty-five chapters.

ROBERT MONDAVI

Chairman emeritus, Robert Mondavi Family Wine

Thats Outside My Boat speaks very loudly to me, because thats the precise mentality that, when adopted, helped Acxiom focus solely on our core competencies and cast off those business ventures that werent in our area of expertise. Our outside my boat realization was directly responsible for the huge growth weve experienced in the last fifteen years. The lessons of personal experience expressed in this book will help anyone and everyone focus on whats really important in business and in life.

CHARLES MORGAN

President and CEO, Acxiom Corporation

In the political arena you are frequently faced with circumstances over which you have little or no control. Thats Outside My Boat gives us the understanding and knowledge to face these challenges. It is a must-read for all aspiring leaders.

DAVE COX

Assembly Republican Leader, California Assembly

Thats Outside My Boat is a perfect mix of real-life experiences presented in just the right size doses to keep your own life focused and stress-free.

DENNIS FRAHMANN

Director, global event marketing, Xerox

A personal strategy to control only what you can and let go of the rest is a simple concept yet a liberating one, because it reminds us of both our unique strengths and our personal limitations. Thats Outside My Boat contains inspirational stories by those who have reached the pinnacle of success in their chosen fields and provides example after example of how this philosophy helped them overcome overwhelming challenges.

NORMAN R. BOBINS

Chairman, president, and CEO, LaSalle Bank, Chicago

In business, knowing whats in your boat and what isnt is exactly the same thing as knowing how to listen to your customer or client. By listening you can be sure to provide the best and most beneficial goods and services to each of the people you do business with.

MALCOLM MCNAIR

Director of development, University of Arkansas School of Law

These are great lessons that truly apply to all aspects of life, business, education, sports, and just plain everyday living.

ROBERT A. YOUNG III

President and CEO, Arkansas Best Corporation

Successful business people have learned from others and through trial and error. Thats Outside My Boat offers unusually candid and dynamic stories of powerful life experiences that we can all learn from.

ALEX G. SPANOS

Chairman of the board, A.G. Spanos Companies

There is no question that Thats Outside My Boat can help us accomplish more in our lives. It teaches us to not concern ourselves with those things over which we have no control, even wins and losses. Plus, this philosophy will make us a heck of a lot more enjoyable to be around.

CHARLIE MONFORT

Vice chairman, Colorado Rockies

Charlie and Kim have done it again. They have put together an informing and entertaining series of interviews from the world of business, academia, and sports. The sum of these interviews provide valuable lessons for business, family, and life.

BOB WHALEN

President, Martin Marietta Orlando Aerospace

Thats Outside My Boat copyright 2001 by Charlie Jones and Kim Doren. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jones, Charlie, 1930

Thats outside my boat : letting go of what you can't control / by

Charlie Jones and Kim Doren.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-7407-1162-8

1. Success. I. Doren, Kim. II. Title

BJ1611 .J635 2001

158.1'28-dc21

2001028971

Interior book design by Pete Lippincott

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