026: Taking a Calculated Risk

“I do not choose to be a common man, it is my right to be uncommon. If I can I seek opportunity, not security. I want to take the calculated risk - to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed, to refuse to barter incentive for the dole. I prefer the challenges of life to guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopians.” - Peter O'Toole

You can minimize the downside of taking a risk by calculating all of the risk factors involved. And I'm not talking about deep analytics and artificial intelligence with complex equations because ain't nobody got time for that.

What's essential to success in any of these facets of life is taking a calculated approach in your decision making process. And in your risk tolerance assessment, minimize the negatives, maximize the positives.

It's important to note that not all risks are created equal. At the end of the day, you've got to put the hard work in to determine that the chances of success in this opportunity are higher than the chances of failure.

Fear actually causes you to overestimate risk, which is not helpful at all.

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