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Edge : Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Edge : Turning Adversity Into Advantage about?

Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. Some people seem to naturally have it. Now, Huang teaches the rest of us how to create our own from the challenges and biases we think hold us back, and turning them to work in our favor. How do you find a competitive edge when the obstacles feel insurmountable? How do you get people to take you seriously when they're predisposed not to, and perhaps have already written you off? Laura Huang has come up against that problem many times--and so has anyone who's ever felt out of place or underestimated. Many of us sit back quietly, hoping that our hard work and effort will speak for itself. Or we try to force ourselves into the mold of who we think is "successful," stifling the creativity and charm that makes us unique and memorable. In Edge , Huang offers a different approach. She argues that success is rarely just about the quality of our ideas, credentials, and skills, or our effort. Instead, achieving success hinges on how well we shape others' perceptions--of our strengths, certainly, but als

Who reads Edge : Turning Adversity Into Advantage?

It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.

Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.

Author
Laura Huang
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group; Portfolio/Penguin
Published
2020
Language
EN
ISBN
9780525540823
Category
self-help
Subjects
Business, Technology, Psychology
Rating
4.5 / 5 (384 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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