Key Insights from "Edge - Turning Adversity into Advantage" by Laura Huang
- Perception is everything: Your success is highly dependent on how others perceive you. Your perceived value can even outweigh your actual value in determining your success.
- Enrich: Deliver value by knowing and showing your strengths. This requires self-awareness and strategic self-promotion.
- Delight: Unexpectedly surpass expectations to surprise and impress others. This can help change perceptions about you.
- Guide: Actively influence others’ perceptions. It's not enough to do good work; you need to guide people to understand your work and value.
- Effort alone is not enough: Hard work...