Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an Edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support.
This book will teach you how to find your unique edge and keep it sharp..
Edge shows that success is about knowing who you are and using that knowledge unapologetically and strategically.
She explains how an entrepreneur scored a massive investment despite initially being disparaged for his foreign accent, and how a first-time political candidate overcame voters\' doubts about his physical disabilities.
Through her deeply-researched framework, Huang shows how we can turn weaknesses Into strengths and create an edge in any situation.
Huang draws from her award-winning research on entrepreneurial intuition, persuasion, and implicit decision-making, to impart her profound findings and share stories of previously-overlooked Olympians, assistants-turned-executives, and flailing companies that made momentous turnarounds.
It\'s about creating our own edge by confronting the factors that seem like shortcomings and Turning them Into assets that make others take notice.
Instead, achieving success hinges on how well we shape others\' perceptions--of our strengths, certainly, but also our flaws.
She argues that success is rarely just about the quality of our ideas, credentials, and skills, or our effort.
In Edge , Huang offers a different approach.
Or we try to force ourselves Into the mold of who we think is successful, stifling the creativity and charm that makes us unique and memorable.
Many of us sit back quietly, hoping that our hard work and effort will speak for itself.
How do you find a competitive edge when the obstacles feel insurmountable? How do you get people to take you seriously when they\'re predisposed not to, and perhaps have already written you off? Laura Huang has come up against that problem many times--and so has anyone who\'s ever felt out of place or underestimated.
Now, Huang teaches the rest of us how to create our own from the challenges and biases we think hold us back, and Turning them to work in our favor.
Some people seem to naturally have it.
Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an Edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support
