Pivot for Success

Book description

Inspiring stories and success secrets from business leader and entrepreneur Amy Hilliard

Pivot for Success tells business leader and entrepreneur Amy Hilliard’s stories of success, struggle, and sustainability to inspire you to become resilient. Hilliard offers her hard-won perspective on what it takes to "make it" in American business and in life. She talks about the tough stuff, the stuff that most people who rise to her level of accomplishment aren't eager for others to know. Few women, and few women of color, have created multi-million-dollar brands in senior corporate positions, legendary entrepreneurial environments, and start-ups. Hilliard’s fearless honesty in revealing her experience can help you find your way forward, even if you face obstacles in today's business environment.

While Hilliard is a Harvard Business School graduate, Pivot for Success contains lessons not taught in school. Her perspective on success and the failure it often takes to succeed are invaluable. In this book, you will learn the 10 Pivot Points that have led Hilliard to where she is today, including Purpose, Passion, Perseverance, Positivity, Priorities, and more.

The 10 Pivot Points you'll learn in Pivot for Success have been tried and tested, and even endorsed by Michelle Obama. In this book, Hilliard shares her impactful life lessons. No matter who you are or where you are in your life’s journey, you’ll need to gain vision, shift your energy, and make moves in order to get where you’re going. Through Pivot for Success, you’ll find that you can succeed, even when you think you've lost it all.

  • Gain inspiration from Amy Hilliard's rise and resilience to multi-million-dollar success
  • Leverage the 10 Pivot Points to best fit your goals in business and in life
  • Learn to recognize when you’re on the right track or bounce back if your situation calls for a change of outlook and strategy
  • Build the courage to take risks, shift your perspective, and discover new opportunities

As the owner of three businesses, Amy Hilliard knows what it takes to hustle and get there. In Pivot for Success, she shows you how.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction
    1. Entrepreneurship Is in My DNA
  6. Part I: Hone Your Vision
    1. 1 Finding Your Purpose
      1. Finding Your Purpose Can Serve Others and Move Mountains
      2. Align Your Purpose with Your Values and What You Enjoy
    2. 2 Believing in Possibilities
      1. Possibilities Abound for Those with Entrepreneurial Mindsets
      2. If That Possibility Keeps Knocking at You, Believe It
      3. Believing Is Everything, but Be Specific
      4. Notes
    3. 3 Defining Your Priorities
      1. Priorities Can Shift
      2. Opportunities Shift Priorities Also
      3. Hold on to Your Core Values as Priorities Evolve
    4. 4 Envisioning Prosperity
      1. Know What Your Enough Is
      2. Have the Right Intentions for Prosperity
      3. Notes
  7. Part II: Shift Your Energy
    1. 5 Getting Prepared
      1. Getting Prepared Gives You a Framework
      2. Getting Prepared Is a Mindset
      3. Notes
    2. 6 Having Patience
      1. Patience Can Unlock the Door to Dreams
      2. Patience Is an Intermission Between Acts
      3. Notes
    3. 7 Seeking Positivity
      1. Choose Where People and Thoughts Sit in Your Life
      2. Your Mind Can Move Mountains—One Way or the Other
      3. Note
  8. Part III: Make Your Move
    1. 8 Honoring Your Passion
      1. Passions Can Evolve and Stand Strong with Effort
      2. Be Patient with Your Passion
      3. The Power of Passion
      4. Note
    2. 9 Maintaining Perseverance
      1. Bounce‐backability: The Harder the Fall, the Higher the Rise
      2. Maintaining Perseverance: Protecting What You Create
      3. The Courage to Accept and to Change
      4. Knowing “When”
      5. Synergies Pay Off
    3. 10 Managing Perceptions
      1. How You Present Yourself Impacts Your Potential for Success
      2. Don't Advertise What You Don't Have—But Leverage What You Do
      3. Put Your O.A.R. in the Water
      4. Note
  9. Epilogue: Pivot for Success
    1. I Won a Lot by Losing Everything
    2. Hone Your Vision, Shift Your Energy, and Make Your Move
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. About the Author
  12. Index
  13. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Pivot for Success
  • Author(s): Amy S. Hilliard
  • Release date: June 2021
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119780977