Wild Courage

Be weird. Be selfish. Be shameless. Be obsessed. Be nosy. Be manipulative. Be brutal. Be reckless. Be bossy.

Are you tired of playing it safe and waiting to thrive in your career? Jenny Wood, a former Google executive and founder of its groundbreaking Own Your Career program, understands that the biggest obstacle to your professional success isn’t a lack of talent – it’s a lack of courage.

In Wild Courage, she playfully reclaims nine traits from their negative shackles and teaches you how to apply them to supercharge your success, whether you’re trying to snag a promotion, launch a company or land a life-changing deal.

Full of actionable advice, 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 your goals.

Review

Extraordinary . . . Your candid career coach for unstoppable growth -- 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

Wild Courage vividly demonstrates that success isn’t just about talent or luck. It’s ultimately about pushing past fear and daring to be yourself. Jenny Wood’s savvy lessons will inspire you to stop seeking permission and to start taking action -- Daniel H. Pink, #1 bestselling author of The Power of Regret, Drive and To Sell is Human

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 delivers on the blueprint for taking courageous action on those big goals you've been putting off. Her 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 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 and former Managing Director, Sales and Executive Communications at Google

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

About the Author

Jenny Wood is an unstoppable confidence booster dedicated to helping people make their impossible dreams come true. After chasing an attractive stranger off the subway, giving him her number and later marrying him, Wood vowed to always pluck up the courage to go after what she wanted in life. And it’s worked; Wood is a Google Executive, founder of Own Your Career, speaker, writer, mom and pilot. Her writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, Inc. and Forbes. She earned her B.A. in Economics & International Business at Brandeis and was a research associate at Harvard Business School. She lives in Boulder with her husband and their two kids. Wild Courage is her first book.