RISK-TAKING

By Bob Proctor

My dictionary tells me that to risk is “to expose oneself to the chance of loss.” I suppose that is true. Another piece of literature I was once given (author unknown) suggests that:

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams, before a 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.

You may avoid suffering and sorrow if you don’t risk, but you simply cannot learn, feel, change,grow, love or live. The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing and has nothing. Only a person who risks is free.
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‘Best Advice I Ever Got’ Series 05 - A.G. Lafley, CEO, Proctor & Gamble

“My mom, a strong, proud Irish woman who died last year at 82, told me to have the courage of my convictions. She encouraged me to be independent and to be myself, and her advice was in my mind when I almost left P&G in my sixth year. It was 1982, and I decided to go to one of those boutique consulting firms in Connecticut. I even bought a house in Connecticut.

I was getting out of P&G because I thought the bureaucracy was so stifling and the change was so slow. I was an associate-between a brand manager and a marketing director-and I was running a bunch of laundry brands. Steve Donovan was in charge of the soap business, and I handed him my resignation. Read more

How to Gain Mastery Over Fear of Failure

By: Sandra Sinclair

Do you find yourself floundering about aimlessly in life? Do you feel as if you cannot seem to achieve happiness, no matter how hard you try? You may not realize it, but your failure to reach your dreams may be caused by your own fear - most likely, a fear of failure. That’s right; you might actually be keeping yourself down and standing in your own way of success - in your relationships, your career, or other aspects of your life.

It may seem absurd to hear that you are stopping yourself from finding happiness, but a fear of failure is more common than you may think. A person who has a fear of failure either never works toward his dreams or self-sabotages his own attempts, because he is afraid of being unable to achieve what he desires.

Have you ever been interested in someone but never approached that special person because you were afraid of rejection? Or, perhaps you never applied for a great job because you decided you wouldn’t be qualified enough for the job anyway. Maybe you never took a class in a hobby or activity that interests you because you thought you might not be that great at it.

Or perhaps you did take those beginning steps to start that new relationship or project, but early on you found yourself distracted, dissatisfied, stuck, and then sabotaged your efforts, or gave up before you had a chance to truly fail.
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The Key To Your Fears And Beating Them

by Robert Hunt

We are the architects of our lives and our destiny. Our lives do not hold joy that was not first born in our minds and imagination. Our circumstances are then outwardly crystallized through the power of our thoughts. Unhappiness, illness and failure are born from fear and negative thinking.

Fear is born out of the belief that we do not control our destiny. Don’t we all at some point fear there will never be enough money for retirement, or to buy a home or make the next months rent? Haven’t some of us feared some sort of tragic event to befall us or our loved ones? We all have our own special brand of fear. But have you ever wondered what is the foundation for your fears?
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