Since when was “hiding your light under a bushel” good career advice? Author Jenny Wood truly buries that notion with her new book Wild Courage: Go After What You Want And Get It (Portfolio), a guide to putting aside any fears, embracing your ambition and unabashedly pursuing your goals.
The former Google executive and career coach outlines in her debut book how nine otherwise negative characteristics can be applied in a positive way to realize career success. So … selfishness can translate to “being your own champion,” obsessiveness becomes “pushing, persisting, performing at the highest level,” nosiness can be channelled into “getting curious to network confidently and learn from others” — to cite just three of the traits. Fear of failure has no place here!
