Risk Taking

Success involves taking calculated risks.Risk-taking does not mean gambling foolishly and behaving irresponsibly. People sometimes mistake irresponsible and rash behavior as risk taking .They end up with negative results and blame it on bad luck. Risk-taking is relative. The concept of risk varies from person to person and can be a result of training . To both a trained mountain climber and a novice,mountain climbing is risky ,but to the trained person it is not irresponsible risk-taking.Responsible risk taking is based on knowledge, training,careful study ,confidence and competence-factors that give you the courage to act while facing fear .The person who never attempts anything risky makes no mistakes.However,not making the attempt is often a bigger mistake than making the attempt and failing.
Indecision is habit forming and contagious.Many opportunities are lost because of indecision.Take risks, but don't gamble.Risk-takers move ahead with their eyes open.Gamblers shoot in the dark.
Once someone asked a farmer if he had planted wheat for the season .The farmer replied,"no.i was afraid it wouldn't rain."The man asked, "Did you plant corn?"The farmer said,"No. I was afraid that insects would eat the corn."Then the man asked,"what did you plant?"The farmer said,"nothing.I played it safe."
RISKS
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams,before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing,does nothing,has nothing is nothing.