Risk That Pays

Name: Risk That Pays
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ISBN: 9789376555192

A Street-Level Guide to Betting Small and Growing Big

Luca Dornell

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English

Mindful Pages
21 April 2026

Finance; Small businesses & self-employed; Advice on careers & achieving success

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Most advice still chases the fantasy of one perfect decision that changes everything, while ignoring the quiet wreckage left by bets that were simply too big. In a world of unstable jobs, volatile markets, and shifting platforms, the more urgent question is how to place many small, survivable bets that let you stay in the game long enough for luck and learning to compound. This book offers a grounded framework for people who live close to the consequences of their choices: freelancers, founders, operators, and anyone whose income or reputation rises and falls with their calls. It shows how to structure small bets within everyday risk management, using practical rules for position sizing, quitting strategies, and building a portfolio of projects rather than relying on a single, fragile path. Along the way it highlights asymmetric opportunities that are cheap to test yet meaningful when they work, and explains how to test and scale without letting success tempt you into breaking your own safeguards. Readers learn how to cultivate a variance mindset so that good process does not get abandoned after a short run of bad outcomes. They explore personal risk limits that protect what truly matters, and an anti martingale approach that increases stakes only when gains are real and buffers are in place. Instead of grand promises, the book offers a way to keep making clear-eyed, repeatable decisions when the stakes feel personal.

By: Luca Dornell
Imprint: Mindful Pages
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9789376555192
ISBN 10: 9376555198
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 21 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active