Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Part 1 Blue Side Up? 3
Prologue: My Accident 5
Introduction 15
Part 2 Lessons Learned 21
Chapter 1 The CREATE checklist: C is for Clarity 23
Chapter 2 The BOODA loop 27
Be Present 27
Observe 28
Orient 33
Decide 35
Act 39
Chapter 3 R is for Relationships 41
Chapter 4 E is for Emotional Intelligence (EI) 46
Virtue 1 I is for Integrity 50
Habit 1 N is for "No" 54
Virtue 2 C is for Commitment 56
Habit 2 E is for Ego 60
Habit 3 N is for Navigate 64
Habit 4 T is for Triple Times 67
Habit 5 I is/or Inform yourself 73
Habit 6 V is for Visualize 75
Virtue 3 E is for Example 78
Habit 7 S is for Sence of humor 81
Chapter 5 A is for Adding Value 86
Chapter 6 T is for Tenacity 88
Chapter 7 E is for Enthusiasm 90
Chapter 8 Summary 93
Part 3 Bringing It Home 95
Epilogue: My Rescue 97
Near Death Experience (NDE) testimony 104
Acknowledgments 108
Works Cited 109
Appendix 111
The Mentor-Mentee Matrix 111
About the Author 113