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

Barbara Stoker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 17, 2006

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"There are three legs in creating success: confidence, passion, and risk taking. Positive Risk delivers realistic, doable strategies that work today. Stoker's ideas will open your eyes, enthuse your spirit, and get you back on track.  Positive Risk is a keeper for both personal and professional libraries."
--Dr. Judith Briles, author, The Confidence Factor

"Colorado author Barbara Stoker is a master at risk-taking."
--Denver Business Journal

From the Inside Flap

Author and lifelong risk taker, Barbara Stoker was a high-profile executive at several Fortune 500 corporations, raised three sons as a single mom, and is an avid paraglider and ice and mountain climber. While most of us will never face the terror Barbara experienced while navigating an overhang at two hundred feet, we all need to learn to take the risks that will ultimately lead to our success.

In Positive Risk, Barbara Stoker weaves her fascinating professional and personal stories with those of other dynamic women. These inspirational (and informative) stories provide women with the proven strategies, techniques, and tools for taking the intelligent risks necessary for growth and success. Positive Risk explores Stoker's four basic strategies for success: Choose Your Mountain, Plan Your Route, Build Your Courage, and Climb Strong. The book also includes the twelve critical questions that every woman should ask before she takes a risk.

Positive Risk offers a down-to-earth guide that shows how to develop the confidence women need to keep an open mind, simplify risk, trust their intuition, stay curious, and find the wisdom in every situation. Women will discover practical ways to tap into their passion and create their own opportunities. Stoker's commonsense approach is designed to help women understand the difference between setting themselves up for success and setting themselves up not to fail.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (January 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787982938
• ISBN-13: 978-0787982935
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,002,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goal-Setter, Dream-Getter, January 18, 2006

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Patricia Crisafulli "Interested Reader" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Positive Risk: How Smart Women Use Passion to Break Through Their Fears (Hardcover)

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.