The capacity to take risk is one of the biggest enablers of reaching your full potential and so we want to create a space where risk-takers can come together to talk about how they’ve developed their capacity for risk taking.
Kim Jurek-Valanzasca
I have never thought of myself as a risk taker. However, I have started two businesses without business loans and no fall-back plan. When I started my first business, my design label. I remember feeling lots of anxiety. Read more>>
Deanna Kanaman
Growing up in a small town just outside the Dallas Fort Worth area, life had its own unhurried pace. At the time, I didn’t realize it was slower way to life, but diving into the fast-paced world of New York City right after college and later experiencing the hustle of banking life definitely put things into perspective. Forney, TX, where I grew up, truly had a different vibe. Read more>>
Sarah Kleeman
I haven’t always been a risk-taker. In fact, for a large part of my career, I was mostly stagnant and full of fear. I would always admire from afar and wonder what it would be like to be someone who had so much confidence that they could own a salon and lead a team of people, or be CEO of a product company, or do hair at fashion week in NYC. Read more>>
Rumi Oyama
I learned to take a risk the hard way. Here’s my story. Being raised in a conservative Japanese village, my early dreams of acting were sidelined by societal and family expectations, steering me into a law degree and a high-profile career in Japan. Despite professional success, I fell into deep depression. Read more>>
Quin Gregory
One thing you have to understand is that you take risks everyday. From the food you eat, to driving a vehicle, and even the people you associate with. Life is choice driven. If you’re going to take a risk, bet on yourself. Good or bad, you will walk away a better person, or have the lessons needed to accomplish your endeavors. Read more>>
Sandra Andrade
My name is Sandra Andrade and I’m originally from Mexico. I’m a nail tech and owner of a small business. Moving to another country at an early age has helped me develop my ability to on risks. To me that was the biggest risk I could’ve ever taken and it has shaped my way of thinking. Of course it took a lot of patiences, and also my faith in God, has been the key to my growth. Read more>>
Jason Dennen
I was sitting in my wheelchair in my hospital room. My nurse opened the door and walked into my room for my afternoon health assessment. His first words to me that day were, “Don’t stop taking risks, you won’t be happy if you avoid taking them. Read more>>
Yiwei Wu
Embarking on the journey to cultivate my risk-taking ability has been a transformative experience rooted in my passion for fashion design since middle school. Despite a lack of formal artistic education until university, the pivotal decision to confront the fear of risk arose during my college years. Read more>>
Adam Peterson
There came a time when I simply, for lack of a better term, disregarded the risk. There is risk in anything, the cliche of walking out the door in the morning and getting hit by a bus – venturing into the world each day is a risk and everyone breaks down that barrier for the most part. Read more>>
Lauren Klein
I think that taking risks makes what I do a truly unique and desirable skill. As a dog trainer, I face risks every single day. Most people are not willing to take risks with their own dogs or even in their own lives. Read more>>
Breian Brockington
I have always positioned myself to step outside of societies box for fat, black, loud women. There are so many saying that coin loud women as ignorant and that couldn’t be further from the truth. It is often said women should be seen and not heard. Read more>>
Lilach Porges
The development of my ability to take risks stems from various factors. Firstly, it arises from a burning passion or a compelling idea that I believe is worth pursuing, regardless of the uncertainties involved. Additionally, external support, particularly the emotional encouragement from loved ones, plays a significant role in bolstering my confidence to take risks. Read more>>
Cristina Munoz Soto
As an adult, my journey towards developing risk-taking skills was a gradual process. Throughout my life, I was always one to follow the rules and fulfill expectations rather than live my life authentically. Read more>>
Darian Araiza-Samples
Growing up, most people who knew me wouldn’t have labeled me as a risk taker. I was a very cautious child— I wouldn’t speak until I had knew I was going to speak well. I wouldn’t jump from too high up or leave the comfortable boundaries I was in. Read more>>
Evan Luna
Risks aren’t easy and have haunted me at every turning point in my life. I am the type of person who typically hates the feeling of discomfort, but I recognize that these feelings are usually the start of something great. Read more>>
Carolyn Demps
Not sure where it started or how it happened but I learned at a very young age that I was not going to settle and take No for an answer! This mindset was just the beginning of my ability to become a risk taker in life. Read more>>
Rich Maloof
At some point I recognized that playing it safe is the bigger risk. When I’ve pursued the sure thing, or committed to something just because it promised stability, I’ve been fairly miserable. So that’s risky, because I don’t get over it, and the next thing you know I’m shut down or getting an ulcer or saying mean things to the cat. Read more>>
Caroline Voigt
I’ve been entrepreneurial for as long as I remember, knowing I wanted to work for myself since my first lemonade stand- so I don’t necessarily look at it as taking a risk. Working in creative outlets like fashion, photography, and graphic design allowed me to receive paid opportunities for my creativity. Read more>>
Alia Jackson
Back in 2015 I was graduating with my cosmetology license. I was a girl who lived in the Midwest who had dreams of working on the coasts. During the time when I was working to get my entry into the school, I had told the administrator that my dream was to be a make up artist who worked behind the scenes on production sets and red carpets. Read more>>
Jade Posey
I have had somewhat of a tough life. Raised by a single mom mostly life. She was married, divorced and started another relationship yet it failed. In my eyes all I ever really had was my mom and some men to be around and try to positively influence me. Read more>>
Elena Colquitt
Forging Ahead: Embracing Risk and Finding Success in Financial Consulting” In the turbulent wake of the 2008 financial crisis, where uncertainty loomed over job markets and economic stability, I found myself navigating a daunting landscape of career challenges. Read more>>
Jennifer Bogg, LMSW
I think what has helped me the most is looking at things from a perspective that’s not always talked about. Most often, when people think of change, they focus on the negative, what they are going to loose, what’s going to change, etc. Read more>>
Kelly Warren
I used to be a very cautious person. I stayed in the lines and “followed the rules” because I was so afraid of failure. Took the 9-5 customer service job (more like 8-6) that I didn’t really like because that was the “safe” thing to do…it seemed. Read more>>
