Do You Dare?

With women like Arianna Huffington touting the benefits of fearlessness at work and many of our top women revealing how boldness leads to success, seems it’s time to give the “daring” mindset a closer look.

After becoming one of the highest-paid women in the automotive industry, SA IT Services CEO Anne Stevens took a job in technology – with very little experience.

How’d she find success? With the help of her coworkers, mentors and a healthy dose of fearlessness.

“Being daring and fearless means you lead with your strengths and opportunities, while keeping your weaknesses in check,” says Liz DiMarco Weinmann, author of Get DARE from Here.

“It’s important to have a fearlessness built on confidence,” says Anna Walz, CEO of Medisys Health Communications. But, “We shouldn’t confuse this with cockiness or invincibility. That’s when you lose your team, instead of inspire them.”

Being daring means having a “big risk, big reward” mindset, says Walz. “If people see your hunger to succeed and your willingness to take risks, that’s what gets you to the next level.”

Before you throw all inhibitions out the office window, Weinmann suggests knowing “the values of the industry.” Then decide how your daring mindset can be best meshed with “your own ethics, values, morals and ideals.” That’s what Stevens did.

Organizations like the Fearless Women Entrepreneur Network have events and programs to help connect daring women across the U.S.

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By Caroline Cox

“Knowing what must be done does away with fear.” Rosa Parks