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Not Taking Risk Is a Risk Itself
Risk is ‘risky’ only when you don’t know what may go wrong.
Everything is a risk in life. We don’t know anything for sure. Anything can happen anytime. You’re alive means you’ve taken the risk of not dying. You may think things will go one way, while in reality, it may go the whole other way.
That’s also what makes life interesting to live. Your every action impacts the other areas of your life and the lives of others. Yet you don’t know the exact outcomes of your actions.
You can try to avoid risk all you want, but you can’t escape it altogether. One way or another, you’re taking risks. Not taking risk itself is a risk. You risk not getting what you want, being stuck in mediocrity and not having the person in your life whom you love the most. You can’t quit taking the risk.
Every decision we make is a risk as we don’t know for sure what will happen in the future. If you fear taking the risk, think again. What you fear isn’t risk itself, but the fear of the unknowns. It’s the fear of failure.
What if it doesn’t work? What then? Can you save your face?
Attaching your self-esteem with the outcome of a risk you take is not a wise thing to do. The outcome of the risk you take defines the risk itself, not you or your self-esteem.
Taking risks is all about probability. You follow your gut instincts. Sometimes your decision proves right, other times wrong. But taking a wrong decision doesn’t mean you’re a failure. You fail only when you quit trying.
You aim low by playing it safe
You can’t play it safe and expect to have a fulfilling life. Your comfortable and doing-everything-by-the-rules-type life is killing you. It’s making you aim low, waste your potential and settling with a mediocre life.
“Playing it safe” is the sure way to not get what you want from life. It ensures you don’t get the thing you dream about. Nothing rewarding comes from playing it safe.
Aiming low does the job if you’re okay with being where you are in life. If living the ordinary life suits you — and you are content with it — not taking the risk is what you need. But if you are willing to…
