Bet on Yourself
Recognize, Own, and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities
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Ann Hiatt
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Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning, adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared leadership principles Ann Hiatt learned working alongside the world’s top tech CEOs—Google’s Eric Schmidt, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer.
Whether you’re stuck in your current job, starting your first job and wondering how you can use it as a steppingstone towards your dream career, or mid-career and wanting to finally be recognized for promotion or a leadership role, this book is for you.
For the first time, Ann Hiatt shares both the daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working side-by-side for decades with the giants of technology at Amazon and Google.
Through clear guidance and incredible stories, Bet on Yourself will teach you:
- How to define your abilities and speak up so that you can be recognized for the work that you do and the unique capabilities you bring to the table.
- How to create opportunities for yourself when options appear limited and build a purposeful career regardless of your seniority or industry.
- What it takes to build the confidence you need to build your dream career.
- How to exchange your frustration over not getting the recognition you deserve for an empowered, actionable plan for taking control of your professional identity and get promoted.
These tried-and-true methods to take ordinary opportunities and create something extraordinary, and the leadership principles that guide the work of these celebrity CEOs, are directly applicable to your goals.
With a few consistent, daily habits you can build a future that exceeds your wildest expectations. No matter the opportunities available to you in your particular community or career stage, there is a path for you.
Loved this-so much so that I’m going to read it again! :)
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I rate every book I listen to and take pleasure in listening to audiobooks. However, this is my first written review, so I looked at what others people have done. One point stands out – how I came across this book? For me, it started with a book, 'Stealing Fire', where I learned about Eric Schmidt, and it took three more books before I landed here – 'Bet on Yourself' by Ann Hiatt.
I love that Ann is narrating herself, and you can hear her passion and emotion when listening (my preference is that the author reads their own book). It took me only a weekend to listen to the entire book, and I noticed a fluent, effortless writing style. Most of the time, I caught myself as if I was there in a high-vibe environment in the early '00.
Another point I picked up is that there are no common comparisons or examples that tend to repeat themselves in many other publications. Ann's book is an original approach, and I think this is the main difference; being in the front row and observing a reinventing company's environment, she shares those insights with us.
Amazon and Google are true innovators, which was very clear at the beginning of their journey, and before revenue streams kicked in. Now we know they are successful organisations. However, those early days could have gone either way. They had a clear vision and knew what they wanted to achieve; this is enormous advice for early entrepreneurs. There are sections in the book that you will stop and think about for a long time to comprehend what they had in mind. The approach was unique.
Encarouging thought; -- if you are an entrepreneur and you are being misunderstood, you are on the correct path :)
I recommend this book to everyone, whether you are a student, an employee trying to advance your career, changing jobs or, like me, building your own company with a team of talented people.
'Step-by-Step ferociously' – an idea, you will find it :)
I want to listen to this book again with my teenage children.
Daniel Czarnecki | CEO | v500 Systems
An Awesome Book - taking a different angle
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What a book!
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Throughout the book Ann offers frank advice accompanied by “ROI sprints” for the reader to try at home. I thought the majority of the tips and hacks were insightful and valuable.
Only giving this book 4 stars because I don’t think there was anything groundbreaking in this book. It was however, clear and concise.
Surprisingly informative!
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Fantastic book packed with valuable advice
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