How Do You Become Good at Risk Taking?

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Risk taking has to become a skill than a single event we imagineu so think about risk taking as a skill. Many people believe that risk taking first requires a lot of planning. Instead, i advocate for a rough plan, what i call a whiteboard plan. Take the little risks to get proximate and closer to the opportunities you seek and learn before your final choice. Learn what it looks like to be a nonchbunner. Get proximate by joining a start up like becoming an apprentice.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy shares valuable insight on how to take smarter, more calculated risks with confidence.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Two easy ways to build your risk-taking muscle

2) How to stop the fear of failure from holding you back

3) One question to help you make smarter, more calculated risks

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— ABOUT SUKHINDER —

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is a leading technology executive and entrepreneur, board member, and investor with twenty-five years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google and Amazon. She served as president of StubHub and as a member of eBay’s executive leadership team. Sukhinder is the founder and chairman of theBoardlist, a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities, and the author of CHOOSE POSSIBILITY.

• Sukhinder’s book: Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)

• Sukhinder’s website: ChoosePossibility.com. Identify your risk-taking style with Sukhinder’s Risk Quiz!

• Sukhinder’s LinkedIn: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

• Sukhinder’s Twitter: @sukhindersingh

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins

• Book: Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick: People, Probabilities, and Big Moves to Beat the Odds by Chris Bradley

• Previous episode: 500: Building Unshakeable Self-Esteem and Confidence with Victor Cheng

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