Shoot for the Moon by Richard Wiseman Summary
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Discover how NASA's moon mission, led by 26-year-old controllers from modest backgrounds, reveals 8 secrets to extraordinary achievement. Richard Wiseman's psychological masterclass challenges whether today's fragmented society could ever replicate such world-changing teamwork and purpose-driven success.
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When Twenty-Somethings Landed on the Moon
What if you discovered that one of humanity's greatest achievements-putting a man on the Moon-was accomplished by a team whose average age was just 26? In 1961, America could barely keep an astronaut airborne for fifteen minutes. Eight years later, Neil Armstrong was stepping onto the lunar surface. The real shock? This wasn't the work of seasoned scientists or brilliant prodigies. It was young people from modest backgrounds, many first-generation college students, who made the impossible routine. Their secret wasn't genius-it was a specific psychological toolkit anyone can master.
The Fuel That Ignites the Impossible
Innovation Through Constraints and the Confidence of Underdogs
When Disaster Teaches More Than Success and Discipline Becomes Everything
Preparing for What You Can't Predict
When Plans Fail, Improvise and Adapt
The Moonshot Mindset Lives in You
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