E verything A nd R ead Dr Mick Feehan Mick Feehan Biography 35 years in policing served as Assistant Commissioner Northern Region amp Dublin Region Managing 4500 Gardai ID: 565333
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Drop Everything And Read
Dr.
Mick FeehanSlide2
Mick Feehan - Biography35 years in policing – served as Assistant Commissioner Northern Region & Dublin Region – Managing 4,500 Gardai
Currently executive team member at Dublin Airport Authority – managing 1100 people
Board member Special Olympics Ireland
Interests: Mountain Walking; Sea Swimming; Reading (almost any book I can)Slide3
EducationLeaving Cert – Pres BirrB.A.in Public ManagementM.Sc in Criminal Justice StudiesAdvanced Mgt
Diploma
MBA (1
st
Class Hons)
Doctorate
in GovernanceSlide4
Dr. Mick Feehan - EducationRetired Garda Assistant CommissionerB.A. (Hons) in Public Management, I.P.A. M. Sc. in Criminal Justice Studies – Portsmouth University
Advanced Management Diploma – U.C.D.
M.B.A. (1st Class Hons) – Smurfit School, U.C.D.
Advanced Management Diploma in Police Leadership, U.C.D.
Doctorate in Governance - Queens University .Slide5Slide6
High Profile Investigations / Events during my Policing CareerMurder, mutilation and dismemberment: Ireland transfixed by 'Scissor Sisters' case (Ireland
Correspondent
,
David
McKittrick
Wednesday
1 November
2006)Slide7
Escorting an Taoiseach at St. Patricks Day Parade – O’Connell Street DublinSlide8
The Queen in Ireland: security operation is largest in republic's history (The telegraph)Slide9
The Queen Arrives at TrinitySlide10
Policing the Queens VisitSlide11Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide16
Kilimanjaro – Southern Ice FieldSlide17Slide18
Kilimanjaro – Uhuru Peak – 5895MSlide19Slide20
Mount Elbrus, Russia – 5642MSlide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide26Slide27
Challenges at High AltitudeMountain Sickness – Breathlessness - Nausea
- Headaches
- Poor Sleep
-
Pulmonory
(HAPE) / Cerebral
Edema
(HACE)
‘Pole - Pole’ (Swahili) -
aclamitiseSlide28
Touching The Void6,344-metre (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes 1985 – Joe Simpson and Simon Yates complete the first ever ascent
As you read the book – ask yourself why did they do thisSlide29
Touching the Void Siula Grande 6344MSlide30Slide31
Touching The Void - ForewordAll men dream: but not equally.Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
(T.E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom)Slide32
Touching the VoidSome Thoughts From the BookSlide33
Overcome Your Fears / UncertaintyI knew it wasn’t difficult, but I was standing on an open face with a drop of nearly 4,000feet below me and felt very unnerved by the exposure…I knew it would take just a couple of moves to reach easier ground…I calmed down and thought out the few moves I needed to make. When I tried again I was surprised at how easy it seemed. (Touching the Void: P 47)Slide34
Personal Q. – Where will your future bring you?Be brave enough to dreamInform your dreams – Reading is one wayBe even braver by following your dream
Achieving your dream will not ‘just happen’ – it requires you to put the effort in
Sometimes it gets tough – stick with it
Ultimately it is your responsibility – this is not a dress rehearsal
Exam Q. Where will your dream take you? Slide35
FriendshipFriendship - would Joe Simpson have managed the first part of the descent without help? Friends are valuable –so work on it.Slide36
FriendshipWe had locked ourselves into a grim struggle, my part was pain-wracked, Simon’s an endless physical battle to get me down almost 3,000 feet without a break…Simon knew all the time that he could descend alone quite safely if he chose (Touching the Void P 89)Slide37
Prepare & PlanOur fatal mistake was made before we left base-camp – We hadn’t allowed ourselves enough gas to keep us hydrated…to save weight we pared everything down to the minimum. It left us no time to manoeuvre when things started to go drastically wrong…for the sake of a canister of gas to melt ice and snow for warm drinks, we had to carry on. (Touching the Void P205)Slide38
Stick With ItFortitude in the face of adversity – if Joe had given up he would have died.To succeed you need persistence ( don’t give up) Slide39
On ReadingA reader lives a thousand lives before he dies – The man who never reads lives only one. (George R.R. Martin)Think before you speak. Read before you think (Fran Lebowitz
)
Reading has been a real passion in my life and has informed my ambitions about places I might want to see – many of which
I have now seenSlide40
ConclusionThink about what success might look like for you (academic: sport: life)Set your compass towards achieving it.Think about ‘how do I get there’ – what do I need to work onDon’t be afraid to aim high – and believe you can
get there