Bet on You
eBook - ePub

Bet on You

How to Win with Risk

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bet on You

How to Win with Risk

About this book

Build the risk-taking skills that will lead you to a life of fulfillment:

Discover the formula for success that will supercharge your decision-making confidence and transform even the most risk-averse mindset.

In Bet on You, Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch reveal hard-earned, real-world insights that will help you realize your potential by enacting risk in ways most meaningful to you.

The author’s risk-taking guidance has been embraced by the world’s best businesses – Google, Boston Scientific, FedEx, and Oracle.  Their insights are the secret sauce behind any transformative journey to a success-filled life.

With clear, actionable steps, this book:

  • Enlightens readers with a new perspective on how risk really works and clears up common misconceptions about risk, such as it being the opposite of reward.
  • Empowers professionals of all types with guidance on how to start practicing new habits right away to build their risk-taking muscle.
  • Shows how to weave a safety net to mitigate the downside of risks.
  • Offers effective strategies for managing risk-killing emotions: fear and failure.

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INDEX
accountability, 63–67
achievements
fulfillment from journey to, 148
knowing the value of, 55–57
pride in, 145, 170
striving toward, 55–57
action(s)
multiple courses of, 138–39
on opportunities, 112–16
owning your, 63–67
slow approach to, 16
toward dreams, 67–69
The Art of War (Sun), 172
avoiding risk, 19–20, 110
balancing risk, 6–10, 54. see also kaleidoscope approach
behaviors, 15, 149
beliefs, 15, 149
benefits of betting on you, 47
Bertodatto, Katy, 12–15
Big Stagers, 83, 87–90
Blakely, Sara, 67
The Bodyguard (movie), 101
boundaries, setting, 174
breaks, planning for, 154–55
Buffett, Jimmy, 157
building self-confidence, 40–42
business in life, 154
career, risking in. see risking in career
career development, responsibility for, 133
Carnegie, Andrew, 51
Carrey, Jim, 165
Cavafy, Constantine, 188–89
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 114–16
challenges
biggest, starting with, 111–12
fears as respect for, 173
fun of, 59–63
looking at reasons for, 64
Champ, Janet, 25
Champions, 83–86
change
formula for, 15–16
in jobs, taking a break during, 155
learning without, 175
others’ negative reactions to, 92
plans as reference points for, 110
timing needed to see results of, 107
choice points
“orbiting the experience” at, 116–17
taking opportunities to, 112–16
choices, 5
to learn from experiences, 97–98
runway view of, 136–37
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 114–16
clarity in dreaming, 54
COAs (courses of action), 138–39
commitment
to dreams, 63–67
half-assed, 106–8
to learn from experiences, 97–98
to a steady rhythm, ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Section One: Rethinking Risk
  7. Section Two: Defining Success and Doing the Work
  8. Section Three: Staying Safe and Recognizing Wins
  9. Conclusion
  10. Notes
  11. Index
  12. About the Authors