The Greatest Risk of All Why Some People Take Chances That Change Their Lives - And Why You Can Too

Walter Anderson

ISBN 10: 0395465168 / ISBN 13: 9780395465165

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Greatest Risk of All Why Some People Take Chances That Change Their Lives - And Why You Can Too
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395465168
• ISBN 13: 9780395465165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Using his own experiences and those of Carol Burnett, Phyllis George, Elie Wiesel, Roger Smith, and Gloria Steinem as examples, a noted editor illustrates the rewards of risk-taking

Reviews

The greatest risk of all, according to Anderson, the editor of Parade magazine, in his readable and inspirational volume, is never to take any risks. To succeed, he says, we must take intelligent chances. Bolstered by interviews with people who have been successful in their lives, he proposes some guidelines. First, we must define our goal clearly, and then consider potential lossesloss of comfort, the sacrifices required to move ahead and what will be lost if the risk does not work out. Next we must identify who we ourselves are and the purpose of the risk (for example, if the motive is anger or jealousy, it's a bad move). We must consider timing and then act. Among the celebrities who tell of risks they have taken are Carol Burnett, Gloria Steinem, Norman Vincent Peale, Elie Weisel and Joyce Brothers. This should prove a popular self-help book. First serial to Good Housekeeping; author tour.
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