You Are What You Risk, Michele Wucker
You Are What You Risk, Michele Wucker
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You Are What You Risk
The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World

Author: Michele Wucker

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 12 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 04/01/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The #1 international bestselling author of The Gray Rhino offers a bold new framework for understanding risk in and how we can re-examine and re-shape our relationship with uncertainty to live more productive and successful lives.

What drives a sixty-four-year-old woman to hurl herself over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Why do young journalists risk their lives to tell the stories of strangers? Why do some people wait until the last minute to get to the airport while others get there much earlier than they need to? Why do entrepreneurs thrive in the face of uncertainty, while others cringe at the thought of leaving a stable nine-to-five job? Why are Asians more proactive in face of risk than Westerners?

Risk-takers are motivated by factors as wide and culture and values...

About The Author

Michele Wucker is the author of The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore, which was the #1 bestselling English-language book in China. She is also the author of Lockout and Why the Cocks Fight. Wucker has been recognized as a 2009 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow. She has held positions including president of the New York City-based World Policy Institute; vice president of studies at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; and Latin America bureau chief at International Financing Review. She has written for The New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and World Policy Journal, among others. She lives in Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on May 14, 2021

It took me far too long to read Michele Wucker’s first book The Gray Rhino, but I read it when I started becoming interested in the topic of how we assess risk and wanted to read it before her newest book. I was concerned that You Are What You Risk would have a bunch of repeat information from the p......more

Goodreads review by Karen on August 25, 2021

Absolutely a fascinating book – It’ll go on my “must read again” shelf! Have you ever wondered why some people seem to take crazy risks while others run to the exits as soon as you start talking about risk? This book explains the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of how people build their own risk boundaries. Since Mi......more

Goodreads review by Yalman on June 22, 2021

Great book on how we consider (and ignore) risks in our lives, how they shape our futures, how our cultures and prejudices impact our risk decisions. Self-help blended with economic, political, business topics on the same subject. Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Ronald on November 28, 2021

From the author of the Gray Rhino, a term used to describe obvious risks (such as the end of marriage all your friends see coming but you don’t), which is in contrast to the Black Swan of unforeseen risks. It will help you answer these questions: “Is your relationship with risk healthy? How much pow......more

Goodreads review by Tony on August 04, 2021

Somewhat disappointing. Lots of fine distinctions without much useful or non-obvious insights. Nt really a bad book.......more

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