Begin Boldly

Learn how to take the right risks for lasting success. This book offers a framework for identifying and making the kind of bold moves that will get your career off to its best start.Many women enter the workforce feeling like they can never make a mistake. As a result, they avoid risks such as raising their hands for challenging assignments or stretch roles, making a presentation to management or clients, putting themselves up for a promotion, or asking for a raise. But betting on oneself is an essential part of getting ahead, and risk-taking is an essential skill needed to build a fulfilling and exciting career. In this book, Christie Hunter Arscott equips readers with the ability to differentiate between reckless and intelligent risks using an actionable model built around three mindsets: a curious mindset, a courageous mindset, and an agile mindset. With a step-by-step method for taking risks, assessing rewards, and refining approaches, Hunter Arscott gives women a flexible and repeatable framework to guide them through this critical career skill. Begin Boldly empowers women to take chances on themselves and turns risk-taking into an enlightening and empowering antidote for self-doubt. Because, as Hunter Arscott reminds us, the biggest risk for early career women is not taking any risks at all. A reading group discussion guide is available in this book.