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“Rewards Of Risk Taking: How to Move out of Your Comfort Zone”

Filed under Career Exploration, Employment Outlook, On the Job
Posted by Libraries, March 29, 2006
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Robyn D. Clarke, Black Enterprise, Mar2006, Vol. 36 Issue 8, p105.

By planning carefully and having the courage to leave sight of the shore, you can discover new lands of opportunity when it comes to moving forward with your career. Fran Briggs, a Phoenix-based motivational speaker and author (www.franbriggs.com), offers this advice: “Get your inner and outer confidences in sync, … assess your personal and peripheral resources, … [and] make sure the risk is worth the reward.”

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