Reflection on "Leading at the edge" ch1-ch2

Good evening everybody. I know we are supposed to make an weekly post by Friday each week, and it's already Saturday, but let me do a brief summary of the Leadership strategies in chapter1 and  chapter2 of Leading at the edge, so that I can always come back here and remember what I had learned from there.

Chapter1
The main point of chapter 1 was about having vision and keeping and attaining both short and long-term goals. When the endurace was stuck int the antarctic sea and there was no hope of the team crossing the continent, Shackleton, the leader, quickly changed the long-term goal from crossng the continent to going to their home. The vision he had helped making best decision that eventually saved the lives of the entire team. Also, not only did he gave long-term goal to the team, but also he gave many short-term goals or tasks to the team so that they will never lose sight or get depressed from unfamiliar environment, and can keep to the long-term goal through small evryday tasks.
"Never lose sight of the ultimate goal, and focus energy on short-term objectives "

Chapter2
In chapter 2 symbolism and personal example was the theme, and there were many vivid examples of that in the chapter, such as Shackleton throwing away and leaving his gold in snow to show the team that they need to leave things that would only take weight and be useless for the survival. Also, when one of the member lost his mittens, Shackleton also throw away his own mittens and put himself into the same position as that member. Shackleton also made speech that spoke to the heart of the team and gave them hope. However hard the situation may be, leader should never forget that they are the boss and be accountable to the led.
"Set a personla example with visible memorable symbols and behaviors"

This is the end of this post. It's almost 12:00 am so I'm gonna go to my bed. Good night guys.