The Risk Reward Relationship Is Not Linear

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The relationship between risk taking and reward is not only nonlin or, but in some ways very cirtuitous. Big and little risks don't correlate to the size of the ultimate reward. And so you look at the whole thing and you say, gosh, like whatever you imagined going in, you may or may not achieve it going out. But i bet you that you will still be able to collect the benefits of risk, even if they don't look like the rewards originally imagined.

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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