How To Master Risk And Create A Sense Of Possibility

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If you know what you want, then go ahead and do something about it. Don’t just talk about your future, do something about your future.

According to Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, ‘If you’ve determined your goal, … use risk-taking to help you discover and validate your goals and to open up new and unforeseen pathways toward achieving them.’

‘Real growth isn’t linear, but cyclical.’

Taking small risks early and often helps you to build risk-taking muscles, with compounding benefits.’

‘Rather than focusing solely on the potential for loss, we can reframe risk as decisions we make that afford us considerable upside potential.’

You don’t need perfect goals or clarity to start taking risks.’

A great plan is simple, efficient, and capable of evolving as we go. Whiteboard your way to the future.’

Embracing our inner risk manager helps us face our fears instead of avoiding them.’

Smarter risk-taking requires that we look inward as well, aligning our choices not just with our ambitions but also with who we are at our core.’

‘To achieve a larger success later, focus on delivering shorter-term outcomes and impact.’

‘By delivering impact through each larger chapter of ambition, iterating and taking smaller risks continually to create results faster, we’ll build successful overall careers.’

‘When we choose possibility consistently, we don’t need others to make us powerful. We generate power for ourselves.’

Source

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (2021). Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)

Signs You Are In A Toxic Workplace

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No one wants to tell the boss bad news, let alone tell him he’s acting like a jerk.’

We all got used to thinking we were inept losers who didn’t really deserve to be paid.’

‘We have too much to do allow the toxic naysayers to control the situation.’

‘A smile or single word of appreciation would have made all the difference.’

‘It’s so unhealthy to bottle up my emotions, but I’m forced to keep my mouth shut.’

The man was a controller, a short guy in an expensive suit determined to loom over you.’

I could lose my job tomorrow! Without it, I can’t make ends meet. To say the least, I feel stressed out a lot of the time.’

I felt totally unappreciated for all the years I had given the company. So I quit with no place to go.’

‘With Frank as CEO, things deteriorated drastically.

‘As I looked at the operators sitting in front of me I knew they were thinking, ‘You talk like you’re one of us, but we both know you’re not.’

Source

Gary Chapman, Paul White, and Harold Myra (2014). Rising Above a Toxic Workplace: Taking Care of Yourself in an Unhealthy Environment