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The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
Wolfe on test pilots and the Mercury astronauts: the unspoken code of courage, competition and cool. Exuberant prose and a real study of elite culture.
Read it if…
you want to understand elite performance culture from inside.
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Skip it if…
Wolfe's style grates on you.
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Three things you will actually use
- The code is unspoken and total.
- Cool under pressure is practiced.
- Status is earned in the air.
Do this first
Read the Chuck Yeager chapters.
Our verdict
Elite culture, exuberantly.
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