Positive Risk: How Smart Women Use Passion to Break Through Their Fears

By Barbara Stoker

Book Overview

Positive risk is a perspective, an attitude, and a life philosophy that creates a shift away from the negative view of risk that so many of us were taught. This book will help change your perceptions regarding risk so that you can begin to better understand how valuable and constructive risks really are. Many of us go to great lengths to avoid risk, yet in reality, it is through taking intelligent risk that we grow, learn, and achieve our dreams, goals, and ambitions. By taking well-thought-out chance, we make a difference in our own lives and those of others. By adopting a positive risk perspective, you will begin to see new possibilities in yourself and the world around you.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787982938
• ISBN13: 9780787982935
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 1.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Goal-Setter, Dream-Getter

Positive Risk is an essential handbook for life and work for anyone with a dream. With the perfect balance of advice and stories, the author shows how to define one's goal (or choosing your mountain as she calls it), determine the best way to tackle it, find your supporters, assess the risks, and celebrate the rewards along the way. Positive Risk contains gems of wisdom, inspiration, and practical advice that I have literally begun to write down on my white board by my desk. Her theme "Climb Strong" has enlivened my dream and allowed me to recommit to my goals. Thank you, Barbara, for the courage to share your journey and for the commitment to helping women like me embrace the risks we face for the rewards we desire.