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  • A Spy's Guide to Taking Risks

  • By: John Braddock
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
  • Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (100 ratings)

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A Spy's Guide to Taking Risks

By: John Braddock
Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
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Do amazing things (without getting killed).

On his first day in alias, John Braddock encountered a car crash, possible surveillance and a source who threatened to kill his boss. Fortunately, he was trained for all that. He was trained to think through the risks. And to structure them. And to take the risks, when the time was right.You see through his eyes how to take risks when the stakes are high and lives are on the line.

You see the impact of small choices and situational awareness.

You see the structure of risks, the importance of understanding necessary conditions, and having fallbacks.

You see how a spy takes risks.

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Completely accurate: From one once Inside

I’m not “inside” any longer. But John Braddock’s books are all excellent, and reflects the things spies of all kinds can follow. He gives us Practices in Thinking that have been honed by years of use in the world, by dozens of Officers, and passed down to Braddock in his training. Now that I am in Business, I find his suggestions for evaluating risk are spot-on. This was never taught well in any of my very expensive management training courses. Good writer and a very well-selected Narrator.

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Much Like His Other Book

This is much like "A Spy's Guide to Strategy." The author probably should have made them into one book, instead of two very short books.

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Enjoyable listen

I enjoyed this book, but I don't believe I will be taking any more risks in my life. It is one thing to read about risks, it is quite another to take them.

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Another extraordinary book from John Braddock.

I got the Kindle version for reference and the Audible to listen in my car. Also, I got the Thinking and Strategy versions. I recommend the Risk one for those who work in risk management in business and security. All these three books provide easy and practical mental frameworks for daily use.

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To author please create a 4th book

I loved this books so much, please create another one!

This book really give you a simple model on how to analyse risks and how to plant rewards in your on the fly planning activity.

Amazing book, please create 4th book with same narrator.

I will hear this book again for sure! Seems legit the info you are getting. I didn’t enjoy a book like this in a long time.

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Fantastic

I like the quick here is what to do approach with all the spyguides including this one. I already got out of a risky situation with what I learned which is more than my investment

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Only 4 because it was short

The subject matter was well handled and the performance was great as always by Kevin Pierce.
I do wish it was longer with more in the field examples.

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