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    Taking Smart Risks (Review and Analysis of Sundheim's Book)
    Taking Smart Risks (Review and Analysis of Sundheim's Book)
    Taking Smart Risks (Review and Analysis of Sundheim's Book)
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    Taking Smart Risks (Review and Analysis of Sundheim's Book)

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    The must-read summary of Doug Sundheim's book: "Taking Smart Risks: How Smart Leaders Win When Stakes Are High".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Doug Sundheim's book "Taking Smart Risks" shows that when you stay in your comfort zone indefinitely, you really don’t feel alive. Thus to keep growing, you have to work towards achieving challenging goals which force you to stretch and grow. This summary highlights five things you need to do in order to get in the “smart-risk zone” and stay there.

    Added-value of this summary:
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    • Expand your knowledge

    To learn more, read "Taking Smart Risks" and find out why you should break out of your comfort zone and start taking risks that will help you reach your goals.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateNov 12, 2014
    ISBN9782511024270
    Taking Smart Risks (Review and Analysis of Sundheim's Book)

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      Taking Smart Risks (Review and Analysis of Sundheim's Book) - BusinessNews Publishing

      Book Presentation: Taking Smart Risks by Doug Sundheim

      Book Abstract

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      Summary of Taking Smart Risks (Doug Sundheim)

      Book Abstract

      MAIN IDEA

      Whenever you or your organization play it safe for too long, all that ends up happening is you stagnate. More specifically, if you avoid risks all the time:

      You forget what it feels like to deliver big wins.

      You stand still and don’t grow.

      You don’t create anything new and better.

      You lose a little bit of self-confidence.

      In all, when you stay in your comfort zone indefinitely, you really don’t feel alive. To keep growing, you have to work towards achieving some challenging goals which force you to stretch and grow – and the best way to do that is to regularly take on some smart risks.

      Smart risk taking is all about being bold but careful at the same time. You undertake a meaningful challenge which definitely forces you to stretch but at the same time you prepare thoroughly and thoughtfully so as to minimize the hazards involved. It’s about getting in the smart-risk zone which lies somewhere in the middle between your comfort zone and the danger zone.

      To stay in that smart-risk zone for any period of time takes practice. You basically have to do five things on an ongoing and sustainable basis to get into this smart-risk zone and stay there:

      Find something worth fighting for

      See the future now.

      Act fast, learn fast

      Communicate in a powerful way

      Create a smart-risk culture

      "Smart risk taking is about creating new things, understanding what you’re made of, and feeling confident and alive. You

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