Sure Thing Taking
Thoughts on taking a risk to live your Ikigai
One of my Ikigai traits is being able to bring together separated thoughts for a single idea. Today I want to share several perspectives on taking risks.
Two questions to ponder as you read these thoughts…
⒈ What risks are you taking right now to live out your Ikigai?
⒉ What risks should you be taking but are afraid to try?
"Risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking."
Tim McMahon
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
T.S. Elliot
"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.”
Mary Lou Cook
"If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don’t take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing."
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year."
Peter F. Drucker
✅ Bonus questions for later reflection
Q: What’s possible for you if you do take risks?
Q: What’s at risk for us when we play it safe?
Q: What’s our self-talk that’s rationalizing why we need to stay in our comfort zone?
