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Praise for Molly Fletcher andFearless at Work

Is fear holding you back from attaining cherished goals, drawing nearer to others, or being the best you can be? Molly Fletcher offers a guide to moving past your fear and trading ha-bitual mindsets for new ways of thinking. This could be your year to be fearless at workand in life!

Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of To Sell Is Human and Drive

If youre ready to turn your dreams into reality, then Fearless at Work is the perfect blueprint. Bravo to Molly Fletcher! You are most definitely a Leader Worth Following!

Duane Cummings, CEO of Leadercast

Like many, I have battled fear in life and workand found that the only effective antidote is to make a daily shift in my thinking from anxiety to anticipation. This book will help you make that transition, which is vital to success.

Cheryl A. Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., and author of Dare to Serve

Looking to make changes in your professional life? Fearless at Work is a book you will turn to again and again for life-changing advice.

Carol Tome, CFO and EVP Corporate Services at The Home Depot

A must-read. Molly Fletcher brings to life our choice: whether to live constrained by fear or to push beyond it. This book will teach you how to shift toxic thinking and trade old habits for a new mindset.

Jim Loehr, EdD,
cofounder of the Johnson & Johnson
Human Performance Institute

Molly Fletcher provides a fearless road map to help you navigate the fears and pitfalls that too often sabotage our success. Filled with lessons from some of the best and brightest leaders, Fearless at Work teaches us how to reframe our thinking and push through the fears that have been holding us back.

Alison Levine,
New York Times bestselling author of On the Edge
and executive producer of The Glass Ceiling

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To those with big dreams and aspirations
heres to living more fearlessly one step at a time

M y gratitude goes out to the people and places that have taught me to embrace the small moments in lifewho have taught me to recognize them, embrace them, and, whenever possible, work to turn them into big outcomes.

Thank you to my immediate and extended family. Our connection and love fill us all daily. Thank you for modeling fearless living for me.

Thank you, Sprague Paynter and Tiffany Allen. You are always eager to help and support our mission to inspire, lead, and connect. Thank you.

Thank you, Michelle Hiskey, a brilliant writer whom I am truly honored to have collaborated with in the writing of this book. We have had many small moments together that created big outcomes. I am humbled to have you as a partner on this project. Thank you.

Thank you to my agent, John Willig. You always shoot straight with me, and I love it. Thank you.

Thank you to my editor at McGraw-Hill, Casey Ebro, for your guidance and support. You embraced the small moments of my ideas and helped bring them to life in this final and fabulous producta book. Thank you, Casey.

Thank you to all the people and places that create the moments (even those that elicit fear). May they continue to do so for all of us. Let us always be thankful for each of them.

O ur lives turn on small moments of fearlessness that carry powerful consequences. Too often we are on the sidelines as they unfold. Were not prepared because fear keeps us from acting, or it makes us act to preserve what we know, even if we dont like or want the status quo. Or were not paying attention.

There are 1,440 minutes in a day. This book is about recognizing those 1,440 moments in your life every day and preparing yourself to act with less fear and more intention. More authenticity. Especially if the life you want is not the one you are living right now.

Fear is real, and it is powerful. But it doesnt have to rule us.

Heres what I wholeheartedly believe when it comes to fear: by practicing acts of fearlessness in the small moments of daily life, we prepare ourselves for big outcomes.

Youre probably reading this book because you want something more out of your lifeeither personally or professionallyand you sense that fear is holding you back. Perhaps youre one of the many people I hear from each day, through one-on-one conversations, e-mails, and letters, who arent engaged in their work. Recent Gallup research has found that two out