Taking Risks (Part 2) – Why you MUST do it!

Whether you love taking risks or avoid it like the plague, you can’t get away from this simple fact:

You have to take risks to achieve the success you want for yourself

Taking Risks - Why you MUST do it

Here is why:

  • to create a new level of success you have to do something new and different
  • that means making change
  • making change involves…..TAKING A RISK

So, if you are not willing to take risk you are always going to stay stuck where you are, getting the same results you are getting now.

Now, I am not suggesting you throw caution to the wind and run around taking as many risks as you can with your fingers crossed it will catapult you to the success levels you want. Taking risk that really creates success is a lot more strategic than that.

My very first Business Mentor when I was a pup in the corporate world was my Uncle Chris. Something he said to me over 20 years ago has always stuck with me:

“Business isn’t about taking risks. It is about knowing which risks to take” – Uncle Chris

The same is true of life.

I used to be really risk adverse. As a result, I didn’t have the career or lifestyle I really wanted. I realised that to have what I really wanted I was going to have to take some serious risks. With Uncle Chris’ quote always in the back of my mind I learnt how to take calculated risks and boy am I glad I did. Taking risks is now part of my whole Business and Lifestyle strategy.

So, if you are serious about creating the Business Success you want for yourself and a real kick ass lifestyle remember Uncle Chris’ words and learn how to take calculated risks – it’s essential!

In part 3 of this Taking Risks mini series we will explore some do’s, don’ts and tips of taking calculated risks. In the meantime, please share your experiences, challenges and successes with taking risks in the comments below.

Related post: Taking Risks (Part 1) – An Essential Part of Success


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  • http://www.lionslinger.com/ Walter

    Few people understands the wisdom behind taking risk. It has been the habit of our mind to secure itself within its comfort zone. No wonder few succeeds in life. :-)

  • http://alidavies.com/ Ali Davies

    Walter, your point about people staying in their comfort zone is so true. Yet it is only when we step out of our comfort zone that we can move to a different place. There is a need to get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable!!! Thanks for dropping by.

  • http://www.diary4life.com Paul

    Ali,

    A great tip from your Uncle Chris. Learning to live outside our comfort zone will allow us to experience the discomfort of making changes and taking a risk.

    Regards

    Paul

  • http://alidavies.com/ Ali Davies

    That is a key point. We need be OK with not always feeling safe.

  • http://www.marsdorian.com/ Mars Dorian

    Yes, no risk, no fun !

    But fear in general is so overrated. I've started to listen to my inner voice – my intuition – about a year ago and my life has changed in ways I can't fully grasp. Fear is always growing in your mind – it's an illusion (the fear that's created by society , not the primal fear). If you really have a deep connection with your body, then you know which risk to take. And it's not even risk anymore, it's paving the path to your destiny. As long as you follow your inner voice, you'll act according to your role in the universe. Then fear will become obsolete. The most fearful people are the ones that are out of tune with their soul.

  • http://alidavies.com/ Ali Davies

    Fear really does paralyse many people., yet it doesn't exist. It is a feeling that is generated from a thought pattern. Learning to change thought patterns and habits is a very powerful way deal with fear. This is why I am so passionate about the whole area of Mindset and the impact it has on business, career, life and families.

  • http://www.6aliens.com Ben Lumley

    You have to take risks in life. They expand your comfort zones and once your stretched them they can't return to their original size. You become bigger and stronger for taking a risk.

    You can't win the game if you're not on the playing field

  • http://alidavies.com/ Ali Davies

    That is so true Ben. After taking the risk of leaving the Corporate world to run my own business and moving from the UK to Ireland to live, taking claculated risks has become easier and easier. Once you do a couple if “biggies” taking calculated risks becomes just a way of being as seeing the benefits outweighs staying in the comfort zone hugely. Interestingly, looking back, staying in the comfort zone was often a painful place to be!

  • http://designresumes.com/ juliewalraven

    You got it — Ali! “As a result, I didn’t have the career or lifestyle I really wanted. I realised that to have what I really wanted I was going to have to take some serious risks.” Me too!

  • http://alidavies.com/ Ali Davies

    Julie, risk taking is like any other behaviour – the more you do it the easier it becomes. Then one day you discover it has just become a habit, second nature and a way of being. Also once you see the benefits, it becomes a no brainer.