The Right Mountain: Lessons from Everest on the Real Meaning of Success

Robert B. MacIntyre is head of the Centre for Relationship Therapy and
Education in Orangeville, Ontario.

In The Right Mountain, business executive and motivational speaker Jim
Hayhurst presents his climbing of Everest as a series of object lessons
for life in general and business in particular. For example, the death
of another climber who was not on “the right mountain” forms the
backdrop for a discussion of personal style. The overarching objective
is understanding yourself and applying your skills and personality to
the situation at hand. The book, which consists of black-and-white
photographs, brief reports of stages of the climb, and the author’s
reflections on the meaning of it all, is reader-friendly and will appeal
to devotees of the motivational trade.