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Mar 2025
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579: How to Go After What You Want (And ...

HAL ELROD
About this episode

Imagine if the key to achieving your biggest goals was learning to embrace common traits that aren’t typically associated with great leaders? As you’ll hear from today’s guest, it’s okay to be selfish, shameless, bossy, or even reckless because it can help you break free from limiting beliefs and supercharge your success.

I’m excited to be talking to Jenny Wood. Jenny is a former Google executive and author of Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It. For almost 20 years, Jenny enjoyed tremendous success at Google, starting from an entry-level position to building one of the company’s largest career development programs. But in a courageous move, she walked away from corporate life to bet on herself by practicing the very principles she teaches in her book.

In our conversation, we discussed nine surprising traits that can be powerful tools when applied the right way to help you break free from fear and self-doubt by rethinking what you’ve been told about success. If fear of failure, uncertainty, or judgment has ever held you back, this episode will help you unlock your version of wild courage and take bold steps toward positive outcomes.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • The three fears holding you back from success—and how to overcome them
  • How to reclaim "negative" traits and turn them into strengths
  • Why being selfish can actually help others and lead to greater impact
  • You can create positive outcomes by stepping out of your comfort zone
  • How to stop believing the tales and false stories we create in our mind

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