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Stop Playing Safe: Rethink Risk, Unlock the Power of Courage, Achieve Outstanding Success
Written by Margie Warrell
Narrated by Eleanor David
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Stop Playing Safe speaks to the heart of what holds people back in their professional lives, making the sharp distinction between knowing what to do, and having the courage to do it. In explaining why playing safe can be a high-risk strategy, it provides a framework to meet the challenges of the pressure-laden workplace that can so easily siphon passion from employees, disconnecting them from themselves and from the intrinsic value of what they do each day. It includes the insights and experiences of high profile leaders and entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding success in their professional lives, and what they did (and didn't do) that made the difference as they forged their own path forward.Broken into two sections, the first section "Core Courage" is focused on building the foundation for courageous action. The second section "Courage in Action" is broken into five core courage challenges: Challenge, Speak, Adapt, Leverage, and Lead. Each chapter contains proven "how to" strategies the reader can apply to better assess risk, leverage their strengths, manage conflict, be decisive amidst uncertainty, be a catalyst for change in their organization, and expand their network of influence.
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Reviews for Stop Playing Safe
Rating: 4.3750000625 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed reading this - it made me stop and think about the things in my life that I'm doing by "playing it safe" instead of going ahead and taking charge of my career and my life. A good uplifting book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Success has to do with a mindset that playing safe really means standing still, not taking risk and growing. You may fail but in the process benefit from the experience. Margie Warrell has taken this concept and expanded it mainly for the workplace but the tips and insights apply equally well to daily life. In the first three chapters, she lists core courage with purpose, character and mindset. Then in the next four chapters, she explores working courage or CALL (confront, adapt, leverage and lead), then wraps it all up in the final chapter. Her message is clear: we must change and adapt. Being safe means not looking beyond the obvious but doing what has always been done, which for organizations, is stagnation. We can’t do things because we’ve always done it that way. With the changes in technology, the average worker will need to change jobs and gain skills as a lifelong project. The other important message is that all of us need to be honest and fair in our dealings. There are steps in this book to help and stories of the famous and not-so-famous persons and their experiences with courage, resiliency and strength. To make the book easy to study, the author has several sidebars. The first has a key symbol and highlights strategies that Warrell believes will help the reader; the next includes questions and other written work to assess where you are and where to go next. This courage challenge uses the exclamation point as symbol. When the author tells about different persons and their experiences, the text is in a gray sidebar. At the end of each chapter, there are key points which solidify the high points of each chapter. It is easy to go back and review this last sidebar for a quick refresher. (I must point out here that I commonly call areas of the text separated from the main narrative as sidebars, even when they are not to the side and they are not in this book.) The illustrations added to understanding of the text. There is an excellent index. Although Warrell does not provide a bibliography, she does mention helpful material in the text that an interested reader can consult for further information.I am no longer working but, had I read this during my work experience, it would have helped in my management skills. I also find I do not like change and the author’s hints for overcoming this were very helpful. We’ll have to see about the clutter! I can recommend this book to anyone who wants to grow and live their professional and personal lives to the fullest.