Since
life itself is full of risks then taking risk is worth it after all. Most of
the prominent people we often come across today took the risk to become famous.
Here, we shall discuss on how risk takers succeed while craving for success.
Although,
while craving for success, it is
not advisable to take the risk we know we might eventually regret at the end,
because it may affect our future such that we may not have an alternative to
get out of the danger we have gotten ourselves into. So, taking risks without
caution is a setback to failure.
That
can cause us to regret bitterly at the end and we might end up asking ourselves
why we took the risk in the first place.
Almost
everything in life is associated to taking risk and it is either we take the
risk to success or failure. In whichever way the case may be, it is mandatory
for us to take risk.
Those
who take risks are called risk takers because it takes courage to take risk.
We Will Have To Classify
Risk Taking Into Two-Ways
- The Simple Risk and
- Complex Risk
Simple Risk:
These are risks we take on daily bases and often times we are unconscious of
such risk. Sleeping, waking up, eating, and drinking, walking, dancing, playing
talking and the likes of it all involves taking risk.
Why
so? Because so many people we know and people we do not know have in a way or
the other taken the same risk we took but end up losing, because it cost them
their lives or other valuable resources they have acquired.
There
are some things that we do but we do not count as something risky, we may try
them and scape through though while some others may try, but become a scapegoat
by losing their life or some vital things in their lives. This is how mysterious life is and this is how it
works.
In
this vein, we can clearly understand what risk is all about and how grace stood for us as we journey
through life on our day to day activities, while we stood a chance of grace
others do not.
To
get a clear knowledge of this, there are three common places we should try
considering visiting to get a better understanding of how risky life is and how
grace stood for us, which is why we should have more reasons to be grateful in life.
These places are the;
- Hospitals
- Prison and mortuaries.
When
we take a visit to places like this, we would know how lucky and grateful we are to be alive and be appreciative to God
who kept us up till this very moment.
Most
times we do thought we are smart enough as we scape through escape death but we
tend to forget that God's grace kept us.
We
should always be aware that it is not about how smart we are when taking risk, for there are some who are
smarter than we do but ended up failing.
The irony is that if we eventually succeed, it means it is not yet our time to
fail because life has a spectacular way it synchronizes as it bless some people at some point to succeed while it
allows some others to fail.
Take note: It does not mean that those who failed
offended God but grace and luck stood against them; however, we should be
mindful of how we treat others when life blesses us because it may be their
turn tomorrow to be blessed later on as life continually takes turn.
"Therefore
it is not about how smart we are but it is all about grace that kept us
going".
The Complex Risk -
These are risk taken most times when we are conscious of what we do or about
doing. Anybody can take risk, most especially this type of risk. This type of
risk taking is so risky because most times we are aware of our next steps.
“Would I rather not fight a
war I do not know, but take the risk in fighting a war I know within me that I
may not win?” - CravingBiz
“There
is always a little ambition in every child which pushes them to take the risk
upon themselves to walk, even though they might fall and get hurt, yet they
never mind failing a thousand time. What more of us, grown men and women who
can do much better.”
This is called a complex
risk taking, as it is visible to the eyes and clear to the mind.
Weighing The Risk
There
are risks we have to weigh before taking, if it is worth taking or not in order
to determine the end product.
Foolish
people do not think before they act, wise people do. Why most people fail is
because they do not think before they act, thinking involves the proper use of
the brain. Whereas some people just act by following their hearts or mind.
Risk taking isn’t about jumping on every
opportunity; it’s about taking the right ones. Fully explore all your options
before settling on any decision. - entreprenur
Actually,
it is good to follow ones heart or mind when taking decisions, but it is better
not to neglect the power of the brain.
It
is advisable to rather make use of both than use one.
Nevertheless,
using both does not in all ways guarantee success
because life has it ways in which it blesses and curses. However, to be on a
safer side it is wise to listen to our mind and still make use of our brain in
decision making.
Making A Name
Every
great people took it upon themselves by taking risk to make a name for
themselves by inventing new things. Somebody like Thomas Edison
might have been electrocuted when he was about inventing the bulb.
In
his fight for freedom, someone like Nelson Mandela might not have freed the South Africans
and make a name for himself and generation to come if he was afraid of taking
the risk to free his fellow citizens from slavery. He was imprisoned; lost
almost everything he had worked for yet stood on his feet to fight to the end.
Now millions of people are benefiting from his good deeds.
Another
great man is Socrates who drank amlog poison and died, only to stand by
the truth, till the end. His moral teaching continues till this day.
“The hour of departure has
arrived, and we go our ways— I to die, and you to live. Which is better God
only knows.” - Socrates
“Taking
risk is a challenge and a battle we ought to fight before the actual risk. Risk
taking is more or less risky in itself.”
“We
first fight the battles of the mind in making a choice between what is right or
wrong before fighting the physical battle.”
While
we battle with the mind we should keep these two rules in mind….
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