Winner’s Circle Network with Lou Tice – 10/10/07 – “Taking Risks”
Do you consider yourself a risk-taker? I think you probably are, and I will
tell you why.
In one of his books, Leo Buscaglia wrote that, “To laugh is to risk
appearing a fool, to weep is to risk appearing too sentimental, to reach out
for another is to risk involvement, and to expose feelings is to risk
exposing one’s true self.
“To place your ideas and dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss, to
love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying, to hope
is to risk despair, to try is to risk failure.
“But all risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk
nothing.
“The person who risks nothing also does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. If
we avoid risk we may avoid suffering and sorrow, but we simply cannot learn,
feel, change, grow, love or live.”
I would agree with Leo Buscaglia. If, out of our fears, we refuse to risk,
we also forfeit our freedom because only a person who risks is truly free.
And, only a person who risks can grow, because all personal growth involves
risk.
If you stay focused on the benefits of the risk, instead of putting all your
energy into worrying about what could go wrong, and if you consistently
affirm and visualize what success will look and feel like, it will be much
easier for you to take the risks you need to take in order to grow and to be
the best you can be.
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
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