Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius by Victoria Labalme — Lionesses of Africa

Book Review

Every entrepreneur is in search of inspiration – an innovative idea to elevate their business. In Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius by author Victoria Labalme, she helps you to discover how to embrace uncertainty, trust your intuition and achieve success.

In her new book Risk Forward, presentation strategist and performing artist Victoria Labalme shares her experience of working with over 700 organizations, entrepreneurs running multimillion-dollar businesses and Hollywood celebrities. She’s found that some of the most successful companies and creative endeavours didn’t start with a plan or a goal. They started with an idea and figured out the next steps as they went. In Risk Forward, she helps you do the same in your own life and work, giving you permission not to know exactly where you’re heading. Victoria uses principles drawn from the performing arts to prove that uncertainty is not the enemy, but a crucial step on your unique path, and to show that even when your plans and goals aren’t clear, you can follow your curiosity, interests and ideas forward. 

In Risk Forward, you’ll learn how to:

• Discover the ‘noble intent’ behind your work

• Follow ‘the idea that leads to the idea’

• Trust your own internal timing

• Listen to others – but not too much

• Defy your category while remaining within it

Author quotes

Some people in life know exactly what they want to achieve, Risk Forward is for the rest of us.

If you’re struggling to figure out your next steps on a project, plan or path. If you sense there’s something more but you’re not yet sure what it is. If you wish you had more courage to try something new. Risk Forward will help you find your way.

It’s time to step into the full extent of who you are and all you can become.

About the author

Author of the book, Risk Forward, Victoria Labalme helps people unlock their hidden genius and perform at their highest levels in work, onstage, on camera, and in life. Her unconventional approach offers a surprising blend of art and business. As a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, Victoria is known for her Keynote Performances and workshops around the world. Her proprietary systems and strategies have been embraced by hundreds of thousands of people: Entrepreneurs, artists, consultants, healers, advisers, professors, scientists, executives and more than 700 organizations including top team members at Starbucks, Microsoft, Intel, Verizon, Coca-Cola, Cisco, Oracle, Chase, Lowe’s, L’Oreal, PayPal, American Heart Association, MetLife, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the World Bank, universities, cultural institutions, and not-for-profits.

Victoria has been the trusted consultant to C-suite executives, leading entrepreneurs, artists, and New York Times best-selling authors. She has coached hundreds of elite individuals for high-stakes presentations including keynotes, live streams, PBS Specials, Oprah’s SuperSoul Session, and arena events. Her films, performances and theater projects have received critical acclaim from The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, Variety, BBC, CBS, Los Angeles Times, and Good Morning America. Victoria is the founder of Risk Forward® and Rock The Room®, a full suite of products designed to help individuals and organizations uncover their original ideas and express them with the unexpected twist that distinguishes their work.

www.riskforward.com