The Creative Pragmatist

The Creative Pragmatist

Almost Reckless

Without your gut, you are nothing.

#8 of the Top 10 reasons why I wrote Almost Reckless.

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Amy Smilovic
Feb 08, 2026
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The gut. It often gets talked about like personal style: “you either have it, or you don’t”. It’s also the mantra of the bold: “no guts no glory.” But reality is, it’s something we all have, both as a noun and a verb. And the good news is it doesn’t require balls of steel to act on it.

Noun:// As a noun, it’s the centrifugal force that c…

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