A healthy state of panic Follow your fears to build wealth, crush your career, and win at life
Book - 2023
"Farnoosh Torabi is familiar with fear. Growing up in the 1980s as the daughter of Iranian immigrants, she was warned to proceed with caution and play it safe. She spent her childhood immersed in fear--of rejection, loneliness, missed opportunities, and falling short of her potential. Of course, now her mother says, "It all worked out, didn't it?" Funnily enough, it did. Farnoosh came to the realization that fear never limited her. Instead, it has become a friend, opening her world and equipping her with the tools and street smarts to navigate life's trials and thrive on her own terms. Now, Farnoosh pairs stories from her immigrant upbringing with hard-won industry knowledge and data to show how leaning into your fe...ars can help you take control of your financial future. With clear-eyed advice and an engaging, heartfelt voice, she lays out the nine most common fears that hold us back--both personally and in our financial decisions--and shows how these fears can be pivoted into strengths and mined for wisdom to help us achieve richer, more meaningful lives.
- Subjects
- Published
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New York, NY :
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition
- Physical Description
- xi, 271 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781982199197
9781982199203
- Prologue: Tarsoo
- Introduction
- 1. The Fear of Rejection
- And how it wants us to double down on who we are
- And go where we are loved
- The Road to Riches Is Paved with Misfits (aka the Most Determined)
- Pulling Yourself Out of the Likeability Trap
- Go Where You Are Loved
- Let Your Truth Flip the Script
- 2. The Fear of Loneliness
- And how it promotes strength, resilience, and creating community
- Loneliness: An Epidemic
- How to Inspire a Brave, New Story
- Risking Loneliness to Achieve Bigger and Better
- Situational Loneliness: Using Your Fear to Set You in Motion
- Loneliness in a Crowd: When Two Tarsoos Are Better Than One
- 3. The Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
- And how it begs for self-reflection and signals you to do you
- The DNA of FOMO
- Let FOMO Lead You to the Who and Why
- When FOMO Feels Linked to Money and Survival
- Big FOMOs Won't Go Away? Create Space
- When FOMO Encourages Boundaries
- 4. The Fear of Exposure
- And how it heightens awareness and draws comedy and connection
- To Bare or Not to Bare?
- When Fear of Exposure Wants You to Read the Room
- Maybe Just Get Over Yourself?
- How Risking Exposure Can Be a Springboard for Connection and Intimacy
- 5. The Fear of Uncertainty
- And how it inspires new pathways and helps us find order in the disorder
- From Divorces to Dead Ends, Your. Familiar (Forever) Friend
- Calculating If and How to Mobilize
- Knowing Whom to Trust (Hint: It's Not Google)
- Creating Calm in the Chaos
- 6. The Fear of Money
- And how it encourages landing on your (true) money story
- And pursuing financial independence
- It's Just Money … So What's Your Story?
- Are You Afraid of Money … in the Right Ways?
- The Gift in Fearing the Financial Worst
- When Your Financial Fears Come True: A Practice in Gratitude
- 7. The Fear of Failure
- And how it helps us to find the wins, honor red flags, and do the next right thing
- Your Fear of Failure Paves the Way to the Finish Line
- Watch Out for Bad Drivers
- Redefine Success and Claim Those Wins
- Get Unstuck by Being Imperfect
- Love Me Some Red Flags
- Knowing the Next Right Thing
- When Failing Is the Point!
- 8. The Fear of Endings
- And how it sparks action, deepens an appreciation for what endures, and showcases the beauty in regret
- Demystifying the Fear of Endings
- A Prompt to Rise to the Occasion
- Fearing the End, Treasuring What Endures
- It's Okay to Cry
- Fear Not the Regret in an Ending
- 9. The Fear of Losing Your Freedom
- And how it fuels self-advocacy and inspires a legacy
- The Fragility of Our Freedoms
- Which Freedom Will You Fight Hardest For?
- The Spark for a New, Autonomous Blueprint
- On Becoming a Raging Self-Advocate
- The Fear of Losing Your Freedom, A Worthwhile Legacy
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index