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WorkLife with Adam Grant · May 12, 2026 · 36m 45s
Why you should take a risk every day
Julie Zhuo, early product leader at Facebook and co-founder of Sundial, argues that risk-taking is a learnable skill built through daily practice rather than dramatic, one-time moves. She explores the distinction between courage and fearlessness, the mechanisms of fear that hold us back, and the deliberate strategies she's used to challenge her own anxieties. The conversation reveals how small, incremental risks compound into genuine capability and confidence.
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Courage is acting despite fear; fearlessness is the absence of fear—and the latter is often a misunderstanding of what real risk-taking looks like.
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✧Zhuo built her risk-taking practice through daily micro-challenges at Facebook, not grand gestures
✧She distinguishes sharply between courage (acting despite fear) and fearlessness (no fear present)
✧Risk-taking ability is trainable — it's a skill like any other, not an innate trait
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