Why we Need to Take Risks

If you want to get ahead in life you have to take risks. Being the best
always comes with the willingness to take chances and in one way or
another, this is the same in every aspect of life.

It does not matter if you are a Doctor, a Lawyer or an infantry soldier
in the Army if you want to be the best and get ahead, you will need to
take risks.

A doctor may have to take risks when working with a patient. The Doctor
may have to experiment with different forms of medications or new
surgical procedures when all else has failed in an attempt to help the
patient.

A lawyer may have to argue a case in an unorthodox manner to win the
case, but if the lawyer wants to become the top lawyer and make millions
of dollars fighting high profile cases lots of risks have to be taken.

A soldier may have to take a risk and run through gunfire to save
another injured soldier, to complete their mission, or just to secure an
area from being overrun by enemy troops, after going days with little to
no sleep, but if a soldier wants to get promotions and eventually lead
men into battle they also need to take risks.

These risks are not unlike someone looking to get rich in a casino, they
have to be willing to risk everything they have to get that million
dollar payoff. If you play it safe in a casino you may get lucky and win
a big jackpot on the slot machines, but if you want to make millions you
are going to have to play games such as Poker, Blackjack, Roulette and
craps. These are the games that with some skill, some luck and a lot of
risk taking you can retire off your winnings.

The same can be said about life in general. No one gets ahead in life
from playing it safe. You will not meet your special someone if you are
too afraid to risk getting rejected by someone, you will never get that
big promotion unless you take risks at your job.

It is very important to continue to take risks in life. To stop taking
risks means to stand still in life. Standing still in life is one of the
main causes of depression. These are usually the people afraid to
confront the boss and tell him that they demand a raise; they are the
ones that allow life to pass them by out of fear. The entire purpose of
fear is to stop you from taking a risk.

Fear is nothing more then the unknown. If you have always wanted to quit
your job and open a shop but you are too afraid to do it, this is
because you are afraid of failing and risking what you already have.

It is important to learn to take risks in life if you want to be happy,
you may not always get the things you risked for, but you will know that
you tried, and in the end it does not matter in my opinion if you
succeed or not it is how many risks you try to make that is the real
test of how successful you are.

Just remember if no one took risks we would be a world without flight
and probably no automotive vehicles at all, maybe we would have no
electricity. So risk truly is needed to improve the world.