From one of the most successful teachers of the concept of resilience – with 100,000 copies sold and 26 total editions – a book that is both new and engaging in its approach: Pietro Trabucchi derives lessons, advice and suggestions from the story of his thrilling climb up the Denali in Alaska, which are adaptable to the objectives that we all set ourselves in life.

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Opus is an ideal of perfection, a goal that requires total dedication, absolute commitment and an unconditional determination in all sectors and fields. These types of achievements require such passion that they cannot be generated by external factors. What we need is what psychologists call intrinsic motivation, which is better known as self-motivation. So how do we activate it? How do we promote it in others? At a time when self-motivation is difficult, in which individualistic society forces us to count solely on ourselves, Pietro Trabucchi answers these questions to show us not just how strong self-motivation can be, but also how we can activate and train it independently.

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A book that explains and teaches the development of the mental qualities essential for surviving the world of the future: uncertain, hyper-complex and in constant change.

In order to survive the crisis we are living through, which was triggered by global change and has reached its climax with the pandemic, it is necessary to acquire new psychological skills. We need to be able to tolerate the growing uncertainty in all fields, while remaining focussed and motivated. We need to be able to think independently so we can distinguish reality from the virtual world, fake news from true information. We need to be able to dominate the more emotional parts of ourselves, which are continually stimulated by present-day society. Above all, we must learn to accept our limitations as starting points and not as ties that crush us. These are the qualities Pietro Trabucchi teaches us to train, using examples of “super-athletes”, of soldiers from special forces, mountain climbers and famous explorers who, with motivation and resilience, have overcome extraordinary challenges.

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