Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.
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Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.
There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That's because, if you learn something new, you are then required to make mistakes in order to fully understand what you have learned.
If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances. The desire to change things for the better is the motivation for taking risks and pursuing seemingly impossible business ideas.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
You can't run a business without taking risks. The brave may not live forever - but the cautious do not live at all!
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
The idea of an entrepreneur is really thinking out of the box and taking risks and stepping up to major challenges.
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.
The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.
When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.
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