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Wild Courage

A Rebellious Guide to Supercharge Your Career

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Wild Courage

By: Jenny Wood
Narrated by: Jenny Wood
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Read by the author, Jenny Wood.

You know where you want to go. You know you have it within you. You just need the courage to do it.


As a former Google executive and top career coach who chased an attractive stranger off the train and later married him, Jenny Wood knows her way around courage. In this book, Wood shatters conventional wisdom about achieving your goals. She gives you permission to ditch your fear and chase after what you want, unapologetically.

Wood reclaims nine traits from their negative shackles and teaches you how to apply them in a savvy and compassionate way to supercharge your success, whether you’re trying to snag a promotion, launch a company or land a life-changing deal.

Wild Courage will teach you how to be:

  • Weird: Win as you or lose as ‘who?’.
  • Selfish: Be your own champion.
  • Shameless: Beat impostor syndrome and self-promote with ease.
  • Obsessed: Push, persist and perform at your highest level.
  • Nosy: Get curious to network confidently and learn from others.
  • Manipulative: Build influence with empathy and manage up like a pro.
  • Brutal: Draw lines and stick to them. Embrace the power of no.
  • Reckless: Err on the side of action and take healthy risks.
  • Bossy: Steer others to success, even if you’re not in charge yet.


Wild Courage coaches you to smash through your fear of discomfort, failure and the judgement of others, to embrace your boldest self in pursuit of what you want.

Career Success Etiquette Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Personal Success Women in Business Workplace & Organisational Behavior Inspiring Success

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Critic reviews

Extraordinary (Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor)
A fresh, fearless approach to achieving your goals. This book is both a guide and a cheerleader for anyone on a mission to make things happen (Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project)
The secret behind Jenny’s powerful debut is that this is actually a book about generous action. Creating the conditions for others to get what they need takes courage (Seth Godin, bestselling author of This Is Strategy)
Jenny‘s approach is just the right balance between audacious and real: she makes people uncomfortably excited. Now more than ever we need her edgy, heartfelt principles (Alan Eagle, New York Times bestselling author of Trillion Dollar Coach, former Managing Director, Sales and Executive Communications, at Google)
Jenny Wood’s no-BS, from-the-trenches tactics for success at work (and everywhere else) will light a fire under you. Are you ready to level up your life? (Noah Kagan, New York Times bestselling author of Million Dollar Weekend)
Jenny‘s work curates twenty plus years of hard-wrought insights into a single package. She teaches the art of the chase through vivid storytelling and counter-intuitive tactics. It’s amazing (John Bunney, Corporate Vice President, Customer Service and Support, at Microsoft)
This book is witty and wise. With provocative new insights and fiery spark, Jenny offers a clear-eyed playbook for how to rise and climb, while being true to yourself (Christina Wire, Vice President, Global Operations, at YouTube)
Jenny was easily one of the best speakers at Google. She is dynamic, entertaining and educational (Allan Thygesen, CEO of DocuSign and former President, Americas and Global Partners, at Google)
Jenny Wood flips the script that keeps so many people paying small. Wild Courage is a treasure trove of insights (Tiago Forte, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Building A Second Brain)
Jenny Wood’s savvy lessons will inspire you to stop seeking permission and to start taking action (Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of Drive)
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Very useful and detailed summary of what really works. Jenny also provides a wealth of tips and clear suggestions. Her clarity and generosity are amazing.

Excellent and full of useful info

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I'm only half way through this audiobook and have found it resonates in many ways with how I understand performance and growth mindset. It also makes me feel challenged and uncomfortable at times, but in a good way. I find I have to keep going back 15-30 seconds every couple minutes, because there are so many SUPER tactical insights that I can use immediately within my team, or as an individual contributor. There is also a really neat toolkit on the book's website which can act as a quick reference for all the main ideas: https://itsjennywood.com/wild-courage-toolkit

Jenny, thanks for writing such a helpful book! I'm confident that applying the ideas will accelerate my impact and career.

Brilliant Insights for Work and Life

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Hard to get through. Good contents but the narrator's voice is not best suited for audiobook.

Better to read yourself!

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