Taking risks can be very dangerous but not taking risks can be more destructive.
Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. - Frederick Wilcox
Success never comes easy, and successful people are always willing to take chances and risks. There are situations when you are terrified of the next line of action, days when you are left with either to push the button or allow it pass by. In those time, what do you do?
Successful people are risk takers, although there are cases when they were terrified, really scared of what the next result would be, they knew if they didn't act that moment, there might not be another.
Success and failure are equal chances but people who do not like to take risks, tend to see more of the negative side compared to the positive side.
There is no being safe
I have heard people saying "it is better I sit on the fence rather than take this risk". I always tell people that nothing is safe, everything one does is taking a risk, the only reason why some things look less risky is that we believe in their outcome and productivity. When a carpenter makes a chair and test it for the first time with confidence and the chair doesn't break he would be able to sit confidently on it, but if he tries to sit on it for the first and it gets broken, he loses his confidence and then he becomes more cautious when trying to sit next time.
Everything is based on taking risks but not taking risks because of fear is riskier.
People find it hard to take steps further because they believe they might fail, but do not forget that you do not know what you are capable of until you give it a try.
Fear is a very big cloud that covers the eyes from seeing the opportunities, it only opens the eyes to see the detrimental part.
On very hindrance to success is fear and fear makes you miss profitable risks. In other to achieve great things in life, one needs to be selfless and fearless.
On this, I will end with this quote from Paul Hogan
The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could.
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Nice post @gbenga.
I will never be afraid to try something new because amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.
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true talk @gbenga but i think fear is the reason why we have so mOney poor people in this world.encouraging post
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Yes, taking risks takes faith. Exactly this is why it is so important to cultivate our heartful Intuition over our thinking-mind's ego. The ego only sees what lies within the eye. It is short-sighted, seeing only short-term benefit, overlooking long-term variables.
Our heartful Intuition sees what lies without the eye, making it exert long-term acumen as it already takes into account subconscious elemental variables that our ego cannot see.
So, if we want to make sure that our risk will be 100% worth it, we need to cultivate our Intuition! :)
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Fear is a very big cloud that covers the eyes from seeing the opportunities, it only opens the eyes to see the detrimental part - that real bro
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Another one from my boss @gbenga..i choose to take risk..because even our choice determine our eventuality......thanks sir
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Wow,true talk,this is fantastic,in life you must learn to take some risk and also applied wisdom ,most successful people today have taken risk during some certain time in their life,you have to step out in faith,see possibility,and always trust God and believe in your vision and take bold step.
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Risks are always good. But is there anything as good risk and bad risk? If yes, how do you know the good risk to take?
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Success never comes easy, and successful people are always willing to take chances and risks. There are situations when you are terrified of the next line of action, days when you are left with either to push the button or allow it pass by. In those time, what do you do? this is nothing but the fact bro
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People don't want to risk anything in life, and their believe is that you will loss at last, but my advice to people is take risk whatsoever it may because life itself is risk. Is just like you enter bus going to the next bus stop and you are not aware of what can happen within the kilometers of your traveling. @gbenga well structure one.
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Wow !!!! your right buddy..
Success without risk?
Its impossible...If you are feeling like your job or life is obtaining boring and monotonous, then you are not taking enough risk. the very fact is we're engineered to require risk.
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The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could. very right
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@gbenga, thank you once again for this amazing tips/info.
It is optional to take risk but for those who are really hunger for success, it is a necessity that they must take risk, while taking risk, don't just take any risk, but take calculated risk, for the magnitude of your success is determined by the altitude of risk you take.
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@gbenga I have heard people saying "it is better I sit on the fence rather than take this risk". I always tell people that nothing is safe, everything one does is taking a risk, the only reason why some things look less risky is that we believe in their outcome and productivity. When a carpenter makes a chair and test it for the first time with confidence and the chair doesn't break he would be able to sit confidently on it, but if he tries to sit on it for the first and it gets broken, he loses his confidence and then he becomes more cautious when trying to sit next time.
These part got me thinking at the moment.......
people taking perfect caution while driving still end up in life claiming accidents, those speeding and driving recklessly end up in same...... so save yourself the trouble.... do it without being scared of the odds....
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Taking risk, (though risky) is the best step in every action. Though this can be scary but takes a lot of boldness, however the outcome, note that failure isn't the end point to any action but it should be seen as a stepping point..
It gives you reasons to try harder...
Thanks for the charge @gbenga
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Hi @gbenga
I just wrote a post on a very similar thought... We absolutely do need to take risks if we want to progress in life... Awww man... My post is literally everything you expressed in this one... We just worded it differently...
Funny how we can be feeling something and post about it and then the Universe puts us into contact with material that confirms our beliefs and reassures us of their validity. Thank you for great post (and feel free to check my last one, no lie they are so similar!)
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Strongly agree with you @gbenga.
But to add in my own words because I love wisdom a lot.
Thanks for sharing you am your biggest fan @chrizy browse and you will see for yourself thanks.
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Nice piece @gbenga though its okay to be afraid, but then, staying under the shadow of fear and not taking any risk of fear of failing is much more a RISK worth not taking.
Its true, success and failure are two extreme divided by FEAR!
In taking that risk, be calculative!!!!
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Taking risk is good and bad, because without risk there is no life . You have to risk everything well so that it can work for you. Thanks @gbenga for sharing this wonderful post to us
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This is a wonderful write up,I think it wpl also help me too in my decision making.thanks for sharing this vital information@gbenga. Humans nature are tend to be caution of failures, but sometimes if we are not a risk takers because we don't want to fail,it will be hard to be successful as well. Life itself is a risk
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You sounds right like an entreprenuer.. A risk bearer, sees and create opportunities.. Life it self is a risk
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