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Women Need to Risk More to Earn More

Women need to start taking more risks if theypartly behind the eight ball, in comparison
want to make more money! And if women areto men. Women simply haven't had enough
going to take more risks, they need to bepractice, to tolerate the anxiety that risk
able to tolerate the anxiety that can cometaking entails. And it is in mastering this
with risk taking, for that is why risk takinganxiety that the answer lies.How do you do
is so difficult. We need to risk picking upthis? By flexing your risk taking muscles.
the phone and calling a potential referralActively look for situations and places where
source. We need to risk speaking up more atyou can take a risk. Obviously, start small.
networking meetings. We need to risk offeringSome of you need to start by negotiating with
a new service or creating a new niche. Weyour waiter about the irregularities of your
need to risk raising our fees.So if we haveorder. Some of you are ready to offer
so much to gain by risk taking, why is it soyourself as a potential speaker. But push
difficult? Because on top of having to dealyourself, wherever you are, until you feel
with anxiety, the other reality is that youuncomfortable. (Remember, if you are not
won't always win. You won't always get whatpushing on your comfort zone, it actually
you ask for. Therefore, being able to riskshrinks!) Now it's true that by not risking,
really means being able to deal with hearingyou are able to avoid feeling uncomfortable.
a possible "no" or "not right now", and a lotBut the more you flee from an anxiety
of women tend to interpret this as rejection.provoking situation, the more you build up
Rejection always feels more personal thanyour aversion to taking risks and feeling
simple defeat.Boys learn to deal with riskanxiety. It will become more and more
taking anxiety at a very young age, hurtlingdifficult.Remember, you can practice risk
their little bodies off of play structurestaking in your own mind. Imagine yourself
and later on the sports field. Girls aretaking the risk and see yourself as being
actively engaged in their socialcalm and okay, no matter what. See it again
interconnections while boys are playing aand again. The more you think about risk
variety of "games", sports related andtaking, and imagine yourself able to do it,
otherwise. Game playing, which boys tend tothe easier it will be to actually risk
engage in far more than girls, teachessomething. Actively ask yourself, where can I
important skills. Boys learn that sometimestake a risk?The bottom line is that it will
you win and sometimes you lose. If boysbe difficult to make great money if you do
interpreted all "losses" as "rejections",not take risks. So learn to tolerate risk
their game playing careers would betaking by flexing your risk muscle often.
short-lived! And in the dating arena, it isMore money awaits you!Mikelann Valterra, MA
still far more common for men to do theis the founder of the Women's Earning
asking, (do the risking) and consequentlyInstitute and the author of Why Women Earn
they must deal with the anxiety of "gettingLess- How to Make What You're Really Worth.
shot down".Indeed, there is some evidenceAs a specialist in women's earning issues,
that risk taking is at least partially genderher mission is to empower women to earn what
specific. (For a great discussion of this,they're really worth. Through trainings,
see Linda Austin's What's Holding You Back? 8business support groups and private work, she
Critical Choices For Women's Success.) Butteaches women how to make peace with money
this means we must leverage our ability toand create more profitable practices.
take risks even more, because we are already206.634.



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