Why you should take a risk every day with Julie Zhuo
5/12/202637 min
When you think about risk, you probably think about big, dramatic moves: quitting your job, moving across the country, saying something controversial. But the people who are actually good at taking risks are the ones who practice small challenges every day. Julie Zhuo was one of the earliest product and design leaders at Facebook, and is now the co-founder of Sundial, a company that uses AI to help organizations make better decisions. In this episode, Molly and Julie dissect what it actually means to take a risk and how you can build your risk-taking skills through daily practice. Julie reflects on her own risk-taking journey, the ways she has honed her abilities to challenge fear, her thinking on when you shouldn’t take a leap, and the important distinction between courage and fearlessness.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
Wakey, wakey. The Saja Boy's breakfast meal is at McDonald's, with spicy Saja McMuffin, hash browns, photo cards, and coffee. So forget Huntrix. Pick our meal.
Molly Graham· Host0:11
Until 11:00 AM. Includes a small brewed coffee, while supplies last, at participating Canadian restaurants.
Speaker 30:14
EQ Bank is here to help you make bank. Let that sink in. It's a bank built to make you money, not just take your money. Sound unrealistic? Don't just take it from me. Take it from the over 600,000 other Canadians earning high interest and paying no fees on everyday banking. Like, not right now. I can't just wrangle over half a million people like that. That'd be unrealistic. But a bank helping you make bank? Yeah, that's EQ Bank.
Speaker 40:45
Amazon has everything for every kind of birthday, whether that's a three-tier cake stand- Happy birthday! Comet balloons for your son's space-themed party.
Julie Zhuo· Guest0:57
Happy birthday.
Speaker 41:00
Or gifts, like a karaoke machine for that friend who never stops singing.
Julie Zhuo· Guest1:05
Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 41:10
From cake stands to karaoke machines- Happy birthday ... shop everything for every party on Amazon.
Molly Graham· Host1:15
[gentle music] Most of us think about risk-taking at work the wrong way. We imagine it as this big, dramatic thing. Quit your job, start a company, say