The Secret Ingredient to a Dream Career and Life | Jenny Wood

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Former Google executive Jenny Wood reveals how traits we're often told to suppress - like being weird, shameless, or obsessive - can become unexpected superpowers for success in her new book "Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It."

Through stories like chasing her future husband off a NYC subway and leading billion-dollar operations, Jenny shows how embracing these characteristics unlocks extraordinary potential in work, relationships, and life.

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0:00.0	To me, I think of weird as a strategic commitment to not fit in.
0:04.5	Jenny Wood has lived the life of what she calls wild courage, crafting a stunning 18-year
0:09.4	career leading a team at Google that generated billions, chasing her future husband off
0:14.1	a New York City subway to get his number, even learning to fly planes, and really just living
0:18.8	a life beyond fear by accessing what she calls wild courage,
0:22.8	which is also the name of her groundbreaking new book that reclaims and redefines traits like
0:27.7	being shameless, selfless, and nosy as fuel for amazing outcomes in work, relationships, and life.
0:34.2	Serendipity isn't found. It's made.
0:37.6	What do you think is a relationship between ambition and serendipity isn't found. It's made. What do you think is a relationship
0:38.9	between ambition and serendipity then?
0:40.7	Ambitious people
0:41.9	close the gap
0:43.9	between what they want
0:46.1	and what they get.
0:48.2	What do we risk losing
0:49.4	when we're not wildly courageous?
0:51.6	We risk losing.
0:59.7	Okay. when we're not wildly courageous. We risk losing. You're really building that business, Josh.
1:02.6	That's because you chose to bank with virgin money,
1:05.5	earning cashback on your supplies,
1:07.9	turning expenses into rewards
1:09.6	on everything from Sanders to skip hire.
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