
How to Be Successful as an Aircraft Mechanic
Tips, Mindsets, Habits, and Techniques to Reduce Your Chances of Making Mistakes, Getting Laid Off, or Being Fired
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Marc Summers
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Marc Summers
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In How to Be Successful as an Aircraft Mechanic, you'll learn:
- The wrong mindsets that are causing you to fail as an aircraft mechanic, and why you need to get rid of them ASAP
- The one thing that will be inevitable in your career as an aircraft mechanic
- Why your fear of failing is holding you back, keeping you from succeeding, and how to overcome it
- How and why to prepare for the worst and hope for the best in your career
- Why respecting yourself and others will take you far and help you get to where you want to be in your career
- Why the right attitude will help you prevent and overcome obstacles, challenges, and problems
- What you need to get rid of immediately if you plan on having a long career as an aircraft mechanic
- How to work smarter instead of harder
- The obstacles, challenges, and problems you're going to face in your path to becoming an expert
- The personal beliefs, mindsets, habits, and behaviors that make a difference in your performance, make you feel better, and help you focus on your job
- Why your ability to plan saves you a ton of effort, energy, and time
- Why honesty will save your job, life, and the lives of others
- Why it's much better to work slower instead of faster, how it will save your job, and how it will keep you out of trouble
- How to focus like a laser on every job and improve your concentration
- Why you should never deviate from work instructions or perform undocumented maintenance
- How to correctly handle conflict, stress, pressure, and hard times so you don't give up, quit, and/or lose your job
- Who to ask questions to so you can learn more, learn faster, and become better at what you do
- Why and how attention to detail will save your job, keep you out of trouble, and save the lives of others
- How to improve the quality of your work and ensure it doesn't get rejected by inspectors
- How to communicate clearly, properly, and effectively with your superiors and co-workers
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-04-21
Great insight and advice
This book was very insightful. Listening to this gave me that little extra push to head down this career path.
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- Jelniery Garcia
- 01-13-20
Great book!!!
Great tips thank you Marc much needed information you provided will apply this lessons in my career
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- Herman
- 04-30-20
Essential Career Guide
Highly recommended.
An essential guide on good work habits and work etiquette. Not just for aircraft mechanics but for anyone starting in a new job in any field or are having trouble staying in one. There should be more books like this one.
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- Stefan
- 10-31-20
why 3 stars
exaggerated positivity,too many quotes and lots of common sense. good for someone young and new
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- TZCo.
- 11-30-22
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Straight to the point. No sugar-coating. Tells you what you need to know about the industry.
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- Cardell
- 06-23-23
Aircraft, mechanic/professional driver
You can literally switch out every time Marc Summers says aircraft mechanic and replace it with professional driver! The similarities are more than uncanny. They are downright mirrors of one another when it comes to making it in the trucking industry!
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- A . Irborne
- 10-19-16
disappointed
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
18 yr old guys needing a lesson in work ethic
What could Marc Summers have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
How about some nuts and bolts hints and stories about working on airplanes ??
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
good voice delivery
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- edwin lemoine
- 02-24-22
Should be called the quote book
Doesn't have much to do with aviaton Maintenance. Very hard to listen to. Not good
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- Charles Milson
- 11-04-24
No real advice
His idea of how aircraft maintenance is done and should be done is not anywhere near real life. I'm not sure where he gets his information as there is no way he is an actual mechanic. Considering his other books all involve masterbating and porn, I would assume he is just making random generalizations on this career based on simple googling.
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- William M.
- 05-20-23
Cut and paste book. The author has no reference.
This book was extremely generic. The statements with “Airplane Mechanic “ could have been interchanged with almost any other hands-on line of work. If you are looking for insider information, look elsewhere.
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