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CHAPTER FOURTEEN Find the Courage to Risk

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From the center of the GTD model, YOU are looking out in three directions as you reach for WANTS and enlist the support of PEOPLE. Since you want to do something, your fine considerations must be translated into action in the present, in the current REALITY. This calls for courage—the courage to risk, in the face of fears and opportunities. Answers to these questions support courageous action:

What do you want to happen now?

What are you willing to do to get it?

What are the risks?

Who needs to know about this?

What are you afraid of?

What are your alternatives?

What will you do?

What have you ...

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