As a child, Sarah Robb O'Hagan dreamed she could be a champion. Her early efforts failed to reveal a natural superstar, but she refused to settle for average. Through dramatic successes and epic fails, she studied how extraordinary people in sports, entertainment and business set and achieve extremely personal goals. Sarah became an executive at Virgin Atlantic and Nike, and despite being fired twice in her twenties, she went on to become the global president of Gatorade and of Equinox—as well as a wife, mother, and endurance athlete.
In every challenging situation, personal or professional, individuals face the pressure to play it safe and conform to the accepted norms. But doing so comes with heavy costs: passions stifled, talents ignored, and opportunities squelched. The bolder choice is to embrace what Sarah calls Extreme You: to confidently bring all that is distinctive and relevant about yourself to everything you do.
Inspiring, surprising, and practical, Extreme You is her training program for becoming the best version of yourself.
This powerful business memoir and career guide is built on a series of actionable steps to find your own path to greatness.
- Find Your Unique Strengths: Discover the distinctive mix of skills and passions that set you apart, even if your early efforts, like Sarah’s, failed to reveal a superstar.
- Embrace Failure as Fuel: Learn how to turn your biggest fails—like getting fired twice—into the catalyst you need to achieve your most ambitious goals.
- Get Out of Line: Find the courage to break from conformity and confidently bring your authentic self to every challenge, just as top leaders in sports and business do.
- Unlock Your Potential: Follow a practical, step-by-step training program to stop playing it safe and start building the career and life you truly want, on your own terms.