Bet on Yourself

Recognize, Own, and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities

By: Ann Hiatt, Eric Schmidt - introduction

Narrated by: Ann Hiatt

Read by the author.

Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning, adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared leadership principles Ann Hiatt learned working alongside the world’s top tech CEOs—Google’s Eric Schmidt, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer.

Whether you’re stuck in your current job, starting your first job and wondering how you can use it as a steppingstone towards your dream career, or mid-career and wanting to finally be recognized for promotion or a leadership role, this book is for you.

For the first time, Ann Hiatt shares both the daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working side-by-side for decades with the giants of technology at Amazon and Google.

Through clear guidance and incredible stories, Bet on Yourself will teach you:

• How to define your abilities and speak up so that you can be recognized for the work that you do and the unique capabilities you bring to the table.
• How to create opportunities for yourself when options appear limited and build a purposeful career regardless of your seniority or industry.
• What it takes to build the confidence you need to build your dream career.
• How to exchange your frustration over not getting the recognition you deserve for an empowered, actionable plan for taking control of your professional identity and get promoted.

These tried-and-true methods to take ordinary opportunities and create something extraordinary, and the leadership principles that guide the work of these celebrity CEOs, are directly applicable to your goals.

With a few consistent, daily habits you can build a future that exceeds your wildest expectations. No matter the opportunities available to you in your particular community or career stage, there is a path for you.

Inspirational, educational and encouraging

I first heard about Anna Hiatt on an NFX podcast episode "Ann Hiatt on Trillion Dollar Leadership" and immediately fell in love with her story. The part where she worked with Jeff Bezos, Erich Schmidt, and Marriissaa Mayer was out of my reach, but the content was still relatable. This podcast got me excited for her new book. I kept putting off finishing the book because I enjoyed the learning process so much that I did not want it to stop. As a young entrepreneur just out of college, I needed guidance and I got it with this book. Not only was it interesting to read and engaging, but I felt like I learned something new in every chapter. I even decided to use her tips and tasks at the end of the chapter as a structure for the different aspects of my project. This book has inspired me, encouraged me, and ensured that my moments of doubt and fear are not obstacles, but an essential part of this journey that I can grow from. It has helped me think about things I can do better and I can say without a doubt - thank you for helping me become a better entrepreneur!

Invigorating!

Wow. I'm lost for words. What a great way to start the new year off listening to this book. I thoroughly enjoyed Anne Hiat's incredible journey from working on her PHD to Amazon, to Google, and then pursuing entrepreneurship and giving full focus to what she desires to do and be. The audio was superb! her voice was on par and upbeat and kept me interested the entire time. Really great book for all with lots of sound business advice, leadership, admitting, laughing and growing from failures. I was engaged the entire 5+ hours. Excellent!

Great book

What a great book to help a person have courage to build the career they dream of. She told stories to help cement the ideas she is teaching. it was a very easy read with so much to learn.

Insights from the trenches of tech

Inspiring real-life stories of how to make and take opportunities that come from working directly with some of the most influential people in tech.

Interesting and motivating

I really enjoyed this book. A good reminder that anything is possible. You have to believe in yourself and bet on yourself.