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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherMcGraw-Hill Companies, T.H.E.
ISBN-100071467548
ISBN-139780071467544
eBay Product ID (ePID)48685704
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameSmart Women Take Risks: Six Steps for Conquering Your Fears and Making the Leap to Success
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTraining, Personal Success
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
AuthorHelene Lerner
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight1 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-029544
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPart One: The Six-Step Program: A simple program for complicated peopleStep 1: Begin Now: Commit to a GoalStep 2: Calculate: Determine your Risk QuotientStep 3: Team with Winners: Support is a Powerful ToolStep 4: Take a Leap and Come from Strength: Ready, Set, Go!Step 5: Claim Victory You've Earned it!Step 6: Don't Stop: Success Breeds SuccessPart Two: Triumph with Victorious Mentors
SynopsisIntends to empower you toward success in a six-step program that includes methods to determine whether a risk is a 'best bet' or a 'no go'. This title helps change your perceptions about risk taking, commit to goals, and increase confidence., Take the plunge. Come out ahead.There are certain risks you might feel uncomfortable making--but calculated risks are necessary to propel you to new heights in your professional and personal development. Every time you choose security over something new, you're missing new opportunities--and the chance to live a happier, more fulfilled life.As CEO of Creative Expansions, Inc., Helene Lerner coaches women on how to actualize their potential, increase their self-esteem, and reach their goals. Now, in "Smart Women Take Risks," she shares her powerful 6-step program, revealing how you too can take smart, strategic risks born from careful thought and intuition-and create positive change in your professional and personal life.Lerner helps you change your perception about risk-taking, and shows you how to determine whether a risk is a Best Bet, a Not Now, or a No Go. You won't risk blindly; you'll go in with your eyes wide open and commit to a doable goal that lets you move forward confidently without the overpowering fear of failure. Lerner gives you expert tools that will help you: Build and maintain a strong support team-a crucial step for successfully creating change Overcome procrastination, perfectionism, and second-guessing Vocalize your success (yes, it's ok to brag!) Keep your accomplishments "green" by continuing to build on them Apply these risk-taking principles to other areas of your life Lerner shares inspiring stories and tips from women who stepped out of their own comfort zones, took leaps, and moved ahead with faith and confidence. she shows you how to harness the opportunities in your own life--and take risks that will push you to greater heights of success.