| Women need to start taking more risks if
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| | because we are already partly behind the
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| they want to make more money! And if
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| | eight ball, in comparison to men. Women
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| women are going to take more risks, they
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| | simply haven't had enough practice, to
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| need to be able to tolerate the anxiety
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| | tolerate the anxiety that risk taking
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| that can come with risk taking, for that
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| | entails. And it is in mastering this
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| is why risk taking is so difficult. We
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| | anxiety that the answer lies.How do you
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| need to risk picking up the phone and
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| | do this? By flexing your risk taking
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| calling a potential referral source. We
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| | muscles. Actively look for situations and
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| need to risk speaking up more at
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| | places where you can take a risk.
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| networking meetings. We need to risk
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| | Obviously, start small. Some of you need
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| offering a new service or creating a new
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| | to start by negotiating with your waiter
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| niche. We need to risk raising our
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| | about the irregularities of your order.
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| fees.So if we have so much to gain by
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| | Some of you are ready to offer yourself
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| risk taking, why is it so difficult?
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| | as a potential speaker. But push
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| Because on top of having to deal with
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| | yourself, wherever you are, until you
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| anxiety, the other reality is that you
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| | feel uncomfortable. (Remember, if you are
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| won't always win. You won't always get
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| | not pushing on your comfort zone, it
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| what you ask for. Therefore, being able
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| | actually shrinks!) Now it's true that by
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| to risk really means being able to deal
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| | not risking, you are able to avoid
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| with hearing a possible "no" or "not
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| | feeling uncomfortable. But the more you
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| right now", and a lot of women tend to
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| | flee from an anxiety provoking situation,
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| interpret this as rejection. Rejection
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| | the more you build up your aversion to
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| always feels more personal than simple
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| | taking risks and feeling anxiety. It will
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| defeat.Boys learn to deal with risk
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| | become more and more difficult.Remember,
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| taking anxiety at a very young age,
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| | you can practice risk taking in your own
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| hurtling their little bodies off of play
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| | mind. Imagine yourself taking the risk
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| structures and later on the sports field.
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| | and see yourself as being calm and okay,
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| Girls are actively engaged in their
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| | no matter what. See it again and again.
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| social interconnections while boys are
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| | The more you think about risk taking, and
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| playing a variety of "games", sports
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| | imagine yourself able to do it, the
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| related and otherwise. Game playing,
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| | easier it will be to actually risk
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| which boys tend to engage in far more
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| | something. Actively ask yourself, where
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| than girls, teaches important skills.
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| | can I take a risk?The bottom line is that
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| Boys learn that sometimes you win and
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| | it will be difficult to make great money
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| sometimes you lose. If boys interpreted
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| | if you do not take risks. So learn to
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| all "losses" as "rejections", their game
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| | tolerate risk taking by flexing your risk
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| playing careers would be short-lived!
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| | muscle often. More money awaits
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| And in the dating arena, it is still far
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| | you!Mikelann Valterra, MA is the founder
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| more common for men to do the asking, (do
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| | of the Women's Earning Institute and the
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| the risking) and consequently they must
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| | author of Why Women Earn Less- How to
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| deal with the anxiety of "getting shot
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| | Make What You're Really Worth. As a
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| down".Indeed, there is some evidence that
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| | specialist in women's earning issues, her
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| risk taking is at least partially gender
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| | mission is to empower women to earn what
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| specific. (For a great discussion of
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| | they're really worth. Through trainings,
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| this, see Linda Austin's What's Holding
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| | business support groups and private work,
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| You Back? 8 Critical Choices For Women's
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| | she teaches women how to make peace with
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| Success.) But this means we must leverage
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| | money and create more profitable
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| our ability to take risks even more,
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| | practices. 206.634.
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