We all have to take a risk at one point or another in our lives. It could be a risk as small as trying a new food, or something as big as going after your dreams. The conversation around risk often goes the same way. It starts and ends with…”what’s your backup plan?” Meaning if you fail, how are you going to hedge your bets in order to be ok. The idea that you would have a backup plan and not go all in on your dreams contradicts everything the very confidence you have in achieving the goals you have. The argument that we are making today around the idea of risk, is that with a world changing so rapidly the greatest risk that you can actually take is to not take any risk at all. 

 

To play it safe, stay the course, and do what has always been done in the past feels like it is the safest route, but it also lacks the most control. Betting on yourself is the one risk that you should be most confident in. When it comes to yourself, there should be no escape or backup plans. The minute that we begin to doubt ourselves is the minute that we have already begun to sabotage ourselves. The act of taking risks and believing in ourselves is one that we can practice daily. Start with something small and work your way up, by the time you go to take that big leap you will be so used to taking risks that it will just seem like another day. 

 

Finally, it’s important to change our mindset around risk in general. Risk inherently in society feels like a taboo word or topic, doing something out of the norm always will be. If betting on yourself and trying new things is normal for you however, that will begin to feel normal. We are more capable that we could ever imagine, now it’s time to believe in it. Take the risk and make a splash, going half in on anything means that is exactly how much you will get out of it…half.