Embracing risk is one of the most powerful things anyone can do to level up and maximize the probability of reaching your full potential. Below, you’ll find risk-takers across industries sharing their stories of how they began to embrace risk.

Jeffie Clark III

Taking risks wasn’t a natural rhythm for me—it was a learned one. It came in stages, forged through fire, shaped by prayer, and anchored in a deepening trust in God’s voice above my own hesitation. I didn’t grow up with a blueprint for entrepreneurship, ministry leadership, or kingdom building. But what I did have was a divine stirring that wouldn’t let me settle. Read More>>

Jeanne Whited

My ability to take risk I guess came a long time ago. At first when I was in my late teens, early 20’s, I moved cross country with my boyfriend not knowing what was in store or how we were going to make a living. After years of abuse and a child, I left. I moved out on my own and had to work 2-3 jobs, pay rent and bills, and no child support.
I developed a strong will to survive and with survival, you have to take risks. Read More>>

Brezaja Hutcheson

I feel like this is something that I am still working on to this day! It ebbs and flows. Risk-taking is important not only in creativity, but in life as well.

I learned to develop this skill in art by fostering my creativity – not shutting myself down before I start. I like to imagine all possibilities for a creative idea that I have, the more ambitious, the better. It’s about having an unwavering belief in yourself. Accepting that even if things don’t go according to plan, that you will still gain something from the experience.  Read More>>

Hannah Pollack

My ability to take risks has developed over time. As someone who naturally seeks the “edge” in life, I’ve often walked towards challenges with the mentality of, “I wonder what’s on the other side of this”. Life has inherent risks, and ones that we normalize (like driving your car or riding your bike), so why not seek opportunities that personally excite us? Fear and excitement illicit similar feelings in the body, and I believe we do a disservice to ourselves if we continue to shy away from the edge of our comfort zones. Why not move towards what excites me? Innately, we [humans] are hardwired for safety and predictability, but the beauty of being human is that we get to make the conscious choice to expand our capacity to experience more life through the risks we take. Read More>>

Rachael Harrington

When my sister led me and a wobbly band of my friends down the stairs to a late night basement improv show as part of my bachelorette party, I’m not sure that she knew she was about to change my life.

I sat there, happy and in awe, as I watched for the first time as a team of full fledged adults created three wild, zany scenes full of characters and plot with no script, no props, no scenery or rehearsal… just a word suggestion from the audience and themselves. Read More>>