 "Sobrevivir
de Los Andes fue el desafío mas importante de mi vida, ya que
tuvimos que optimizar al máximo nuestras posibilidades cuando
a los 10 días escuchamos por radio que la búsqueda se había
suspendido, nos dimos cuenta que salir dependía solo de nosotros
mismos. Nos dimos cuenta que ante la pérdida de los elementos
más básicos, como lo es no tener un lugar donde dormir, sin
que el peligro de un alud, te mate, o no tener que comer hace
despertar los principios mas nobles del hombre, como lo es la
solidaridad, el espíritu de sacrificio y la valentía. Y aprendimos
que cuando las condiciones externas son mas miserables, es cuando
surge la esencia mas pura del hombre. En esa época aprendí que
tomar decisiones, liderar grupos humanos, y lograr objetivos,
esta siempre a nuestro alcance, si se tiene la convicción necesaria,
aun en las condiciones mas adversas."
"Seventy
two days lost in The Andes, under freezing temperatures, seeing your most
friends dying, even using their bodies to survive,taught me the decision
making it ´s what rules our lifes. Also when we heard at the radio, 10
days later after the crash, that the search had been called off, made me
realize that even the worst news, it´s an opportunity. "
"In our case making the decision of
walking out of that terrible place. Now when I give conferences of
leadership, and in such an adverse environment, when you loose every
material thing, and you are left to the most basic essence of life, we had
to resort to the most pure values of the human beings. Friendship,
Generosity, and Bravery. Because this was the only
way to keep up our moral and loosing the fear to die and to tell God,I
maybe defeated, but I never will give up."
"I know that everyone in his life will be
faced, in some moment, to climb his own "Andes Mountains", and the way you
climb it, it´s up to you."
 "I
think that there were 5 main obtacles, we had to overcome, the
plane crash, the avalange, having to use our dead friends to
nutrige, and to get out on a 10 day expedition climbing 50,000
feet. Each of these obstacles were a challenge that we had to
overcome discussing them as a team, and making the appropiate
decisions, that doesn´t mean, they were the best ones. I think
that the rules of team work, learned in the mountains, are the
essence of team work and achievement. If we have waited there
for the rescue, we would have all die. "If you want the
helicopters, Go and look for them. Don´t wait for the helicopters,
because they are in yourself".
Dr. Roberto Canessa, has given conferences of human groups in
crisis situations, based on his real experience to companies,
among which are :
- Johnson y Johnson
- HSBC
- TV azteca
- Prudential
- Universidad Marroquin de Guatemala
- Turismo Cocha Chile
- WoodSide Priori School San Francisco
- Kimberly Clark
The conference conscists of a 30 minutes video, 90 minutes speech
and 30 minutes questions. These can
be adjusted according to the audience. This is a history that happened to families, and the audience
can range beginning, with boys 10 years old.
You may contact
Dr. Roberto Canessa at rcanessa@adinet.com.uy
I tell the people that if you have a bed to sleep, some food to eat, and a glass of water, the rest it´s up to you.
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