--- product_id: 221532984 title: "A Spy's Guide To Taking Risks" price: "COP 84063" currency: COP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co/products/221532984-a-spys-guide-to-taking-risks store_origin: CO region: Colombia --- # A Spy's Guide To Taking Risks **Price:** COP 84063 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Spy's Guide To Taking Risks - **How much does it cost?** COP 84063 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co](https://www.desertcart.co/products/221532984-a-spys-guide-to-taking-risks) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description On his first day in alias, follow a spy through risky encounters. Is he under surveillance? Why did the Border Patrol surround him? What does he do with a source who almost killed someone? Every answer has repercussions for his day, his life, and the lives of many others.You see through his eyes what it means 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. A Spy's Guide To Taking Risks is the third book in the bestselling Spy's Guide series, Following the worldwide success of A Spy's Guide To Thinking and A Spy's Guide To Strategy, A Spy's Guide to Taking Risks gives the reader a spy's view of the world. Interwoven with the story of his first day in alias, John Braddock analyzes Iran's effort to acquire a nuclear weapon, the Cuban Missile Crisis and a colleague's decisions in a checkpoint shootout.Buy A Spy's Guide To Taking Risks today! Review: To calculate risk down to the percentage point, here's a quick guide to the formula. - This was great fun to read. And reminds me of every time I've been late in European cities while taking public transportation and trying to find a way to salvage an appointment or airport arrival with alternate routes... haha! Also very practical help for the paranoid... Review: Move - Analyze Risk - Adjust - Risk analysis is with us in everything that we do on a daily basis yet it is something that many people rarely consider objectively. Hence many take risks where with a little thought, mindfulness, and observation they would see there is little chance of a good outcome yet at the same time ignore opportunities where the risk is minimal and the outcome would be very beneficial. This small book is a fascinating and succinct insight into the risk and potential rewards of success or failure, where under pressure and on the fly. By using the simple model outlined here, you can decide more accurately whether a potential outcome has a chance to be good or disastrous or whether that outcome has a low or high chance of success. And when the brain is busy exploring and worrying over all the potential things that can go wrong, whether the possibility of all the necessary components that would cause that disaster are probable or even conceivable. Simply put this is a book about deciding on a course of action from a number of options and on whether the risk associated with that action is likely or not to provide the desired outcome and how to analyze those two things in a high-pressure situation. Told in the first person and from experience gained over the years of operating in some of the most dangerous places on the planet, these are the thought processes that kept him alive. This is a great little book for entrepreneurs, corporate executives or just about anyone who looks back and thinks they could have made better decisions. I’ve also read the previous two guides that John has produced, The Spies Guide to Thinking and The Spies Guide to Strategy and this is a perfect addition. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #200,090 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #173 in Political Intelligence #4,688 in Personal Transformation Self-Help | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 306 Reviews | ## Images ![A Spy's Guide To Taking Risks - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61IM-OMyjDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ To calculate risk down to the percentage point, here's a quick guide to the formula. *by C***T on February 27, 2026* This was great fun to read. And reminds me of every time I've been late in European cities while taking public transportation and trying to find a way to salvage an appointment or airport arrival with alternate routes... haha! Also very practical help for the paranoid... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Move - Analyze Risk - Adjust *by K***N on July 24, 2019* Risk analysis is with us in everything that we do on a daily basis yet it is something that many people rarely consider objectively. Hence many take risks where with a little thought, mindfulness, and observation they would see there is little chance of a good outcome yet at the same time ignore opportunities where the risk is minimal and the outcome would be very beneficial. This small book is a fascinating and succinct insight into the risk and potential rewards of success or failure, where under pressure and on the fly. By using the simple model outlined here, you can decide more accurately whether a potential outcome has a chance to be good or disastrous or whether that outcome has a low or high chance of success. And when the brain is busy exploring and worrying over all the potential things that can go wrong, whether the possibility of all the necessary components that would cause that disaster are probable or even conceivable. Simply put this is a book about deciding on a course of action from a number of options and on whether the risk associated with that action is likely or not to provide the desired outcome and how to analyze those two things in a high-pressure situation. Told in the first person and from experience gained over the years of operating in some of the most dangerous places on the planet, these are the thought processes that kept him alive. This is a great little book for entrepreneurs, corporate executives or just about anyone who looks back and thinks they could have made better decisions. I’ve also read the previous two guides that John has produced, The Spies Guide to Thinking and The Spies Guide to Strategy and this is a perfect addition. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting *by S***G on January 2, 2024* I enjoyed this book, along with the rest of the series. I appreciate the author's style, because it seems like the way a spy would write. I would have liked if some of the strategies were broken down into a more generic set of guidelines, to make them easier to incorporate into my own boring, non-spy life, but it was good. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co/products/221532984-a-spys-guide-to-taking-risks](https://www.desertcart.co/products/221532984-a-spys-guide-to-taking-risks) --- *Product available on Desertcart Colombia* *Store origin: CO* *Last updated: 2026-05-26*