Taking risk is natural for some, but in our experience most successful risk takers gradually developed their ability to leave comfort zones and take risk and we’ve asked them to share their experiences and advice below.
Malcom Rauch
I had to be willing to take calculated risks, in order to reach my full potential or reach my goals. Without risk there is no reward. Not every risk is going to be successful but the risk we take can lead to better opportunities & a better life. I had to step out of my comfort zone & learn to love the feeling of being uncomfortable. You have to be open to taking calculated risks Read more>>
Noelle Labrie
When I was 16 years old, I saw the movie Dead Poet’s Society in the theatre. Carpe diem! Seize the day! Make your life extraordinary! Robin Williams as Professor Keating changed my life. Then, when I was 20, I got myself kicked out of college. I had been an honor student on a scholarship, and I made some extremely poor choices. Read more>>
Joshua Bredl
Because of my ability to love deeply, perhaps deepest. Love involves risk, vulnerability and highlighting the imperfect, love involves INTIMACY, care and understanding. To honor love you must honor yourself and to show up in that sacred space as the realest version of yourself. Read more>>
Feenix Forreal
My ability to take risks came from investing which then turn over to running a business it’s all a risk. Read more>>
ZENA DALY
This is the first time in my life that I’m telling this story publicly and I pray it helps someone. This is the condensed version. It all started in July 2008. Well it didn’t start here exactly but this is where we’ll begin; i was 18 years old and found myself alone, homeless, no money, no phone, no car, no — you get the point I was at my lowest. I was thrown out on the streets with my mother’s ex husband. Read more>>
Celene Daniels
I am very impulsive, so when I get the chance to jump onto something new I do it without any inhibition. I am in my 20s and discovered when taking a risk it is important to do your diligence in closing out your previous chapter. Whether that be a job, internship, or relationship. I have quit plenty of part-time jobs to discover my artistry. Read more>>
Aleks Fisher
How I Developed My Ability to Take Risks. There’s no profession where you can make a significant amount of money without being fully involved or risk losing everything except the business structure itself. Even in high-salary professions, if you’re not present at work, you won’t make anything. Read more>>
Alonso Garcia
I think everything has to do with tennis. I have been playing tennis my whole life at the national level and then D1 at college and the sport made me understand that you cannot simply win matches if you do not take risks. You have to take the risk of hitting a big forehand down the line or go to the volley when you do not feel secure, etc. Read more>>
Paul Menta
I will start with taking a risk is better than not showing up or trying anything at all. I would admit it takes quite a few failures to develop a temperament and a mindset to see that you just took a risk and it’s actually not a failure, but it’s success. The end result a lot of people look at as winning or losing. You’re only competing against yourself and you don’t want to have regret from not trying something, that’s so-called risk is a learning tool. Read more>>
Cynthia Meier
Sometimes when I watch goats on a mountainside, I wonder what they’re doing out there–on the edge, in such precarious positions. But then I watch their hooves and see how securely they take each small step. Almost twenty years ago, a friend and I started The Rogue Theatre which has developed into a very successful endeavor. Read more>>
Jamarius Leaphart
I have a mindset of “God chose me.” As a young kid, I always saw so many talented people around me, but none of them had the lives I wanted for myself. I would watch those reality shows where people had money, big houses, and were really into their careers. Read more>>
Marquis Jonkins
Taking risks was my only choice to better myself and everyone around me. My grandfather always instilled me to believe in myself. The lack of opportunity made me want more out of life. Basically seeing how life was for me and my brothers we all knew that the only way for us make it out our grandparents home was to take risks. Never worrying about failure and being ok with whatever happens as long as I gave it my all. Read more>>
Alex Dzierbicki
Risk is sometimes misrepresented. There are many types of risk. Sure there’s probability and expected quantitative loss, this is how risk is represented in economic models. But there’s also qualitative risk, which is harder to define but no less important. Read more>>
Bryan Tamburrino
I believe being a risk taker is inherent to one’s personality. It’s not something you can practice or gain over time. It’s a trait that often comes with publicly perceived mental health issues or a variety of other disorders. Alternatively, it can manifest as being the over-the-top friend who you consider an adrenaline junkie. This trait is deeply rooted in psychological experiences. Personally, I love this aspect of myself because it translates into bursts of energy and a multi-dimensional way of thinking that tremendously benefits me in the business world. Read more>>
