Burn the boats : toss plan B overboard and unleash your full potential / Matt Higgins.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063088863
- ISBN: 006308886X
- Physical Description: xiv, 272 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
- Copyright: 2023.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Get in the water -- Trust your instincts -- Overcome your demons and enemies -- Take the leap -- No turning back -- Optimize your anxiety -- Embrace each crisis -- Break the patterns that stand in your way -- Build more boats -- Consolidate your gains -- Submit to the greatness of others -- Manifest your boldest dreams. |
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Subject: | Risk. Entrepreneurship. Success. |
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- 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at De Soto.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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De Soto Public Library | 658.4 Hig (Text) | 33858000078394 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
Burn the Boats : Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
Publishers Weekly
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The secret to achieving success is throwing out backup plans, contends Higgins, cofounder of the RSE Ventures investment firm, in his bombastic debut. He tells stories about friends and his own life intended to demonstrate his maxim, "You don't win when you give yourself the option to lose," such as when he quit his job at the New York City mayor's office after getting passed over for a promotion, a risk that paid off when he was offered the spot four months later. However, Higgins often strays from his core argument, as when he emphasizes the importance of being open to feedback by recounting how his friend Mike Tannenbaum, then the general manager of the New York Jets, took to heart Higgins's warning to develop coping mechanisms to temper the rage that had been compromising Tannenbaum's professional performance. He concludes that readers should "trust your instincts," but this isn't easily reconciled with his recommendation to rely on data (preferably academic articles) to "inform your decisions and overcome your worry." Also, the takeaways generally boil down to such platitudes as "take the leap" and "manifest your boldest dreams," providing little that readers haven't heard before. The fist-pumping attitude doesn't compensate for lackluster guidance. (Feb.)