Rereading my last post, I felt like I lost the purpose of the post. There were two points I wanted to make.
Take risks! Take risks safely.
Most people are afraid to take risks. Taking small risks teaches you how to deal with it. We all will take many risks in our lives. We will drive cars. We will go swimming. We will make financial commitments when we have jobs that may not last. We will open up to people about who we are. We may even do something fun like go to a Denver Donkeys game. Yet even football games have risks (I seem to remember a CU football game a couple years ago). Taking risks is part of our being. People need to do it.
The part that I don’t believe came across real well was my second point. Take risks, but take them as safely and simply as you can. When I did Long’s for the first time, I trained my butt off for a good couple of months. There was no doubt in my mind that I could physically do it. I took the real risk out as much as possible. People knew where I was. I had more than enough protection from weather. I had too much water. I had plenty of food. I would have to get hailed on before I’d have a bad day and I had done my homework on that too! As many variables as there are in a task like that (or anything for that matter), I wanted as many of them on my side as I could get.
Small business owners must take huge risks to keep their business running. Their employees depend on them to make the correct decisions. These things are not easy. However, these are the people that become great. These are the Mark Shuttleworths and Richard Bransons.
Go take risks! However, take the danger out of them where you can. You’ll be amazed what you are capable of!
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