Are You a Risk Taker

In the financial world, the greater the risk, the greater the return on investment. Likewise, the more you could lose. More risk has more volatility. Where there is no risk, there is no gain. Sure, I could put money into a savings account at my bank (extremely low risk), and the return isn’t even enough to keep up with inflation. There are many types of business investments available (not just the stock market) that have high risk and potentially high rates of return. The more information you have, the better leverage you have to work in your favor. Reminds me of an old poem:

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose 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 believe is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken, because the
greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing, do nothing,
have nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes they are slaves;
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.

– Anonymous

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