Summary of Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

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Get the Summary of Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement-and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638153542

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An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

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An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything (2013) by Chris Hadfield tells the Canadian astronaut’s life story and offers practical life advice based on this professional experience. Focusing on his training and his third and final mission to space, Hadfield demonstrates how the unusual way in which astronauts work is surprisingly applicable to everyday life.

Hadfield grew up with his parents and siblings on a corn farm in Ontario. In 1969, at the age of 9, he watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon, and his life changed. From that moment, Hadfield