Eric Bohlman stated it clearly:
> risk-taking is a strategy for *changing* one's position in life,
> whereas risk-avoidance is a strategy for *preserving* one's status
> in life. Risk-avoidance is a strategy for success in an environment
> where you've got it good and everything's stable
To that last statement, I'd add:
where you've got it good and everything's stable and you're satisfied.
I think this one statement summarizes what our whole drive in learning
or developing is all about. If we weren't interested in changing our
position in life, we wouldn't want to learn, we wouldn't want to
risk, we wouldn't want to take chances.
Whether that change is in marrying someone (asking someone to marry
you is a risk of your heart), an interview for a new position (even if
you're currently employed, what if your current employer finds out),
or reading a new book (you might 'discover' something that leaves you
disatisfied with where you are).
A majority of people are so insecure, they are afraid to risk
anything...they lose themselves in the television, or fiction and do
not seek to 'change' their lives in any way. So maybe insecurity
doesn't lead to creativity. It can lead to risk-avoidance.
Thank you Eric for your insights!
'Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got'
Jim Rohn
Gary Scherling
Helping people help themselves
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