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From Mistakes to Risk Takes
— When it comes to going for our dreams we can often find that ‘what if?’ becomes our pre-strike lament: What if I fail? What if I lose money? What if the business fails? What if I lose the love of my...
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Slot Machines and Spinning Dreams
Lights & Sights still fascinate me. A row of one-armed bandits awaken the senses. I don’t even need to throw money away in them to check them out. Just to walk by, see what they do and how they...
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I Tried Stand-Up Comedy…Here’s What I Learned
The promise was clear. “The only person who ever regretted taking this class was the guy who didn’t invite anyone to the final performance.” Those were the words of the person on the other end of the...
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The Slide
A quiet Memorial Day, staying resolutely at home, me and a can of split pea soup. Split pea soup—good color for a hermit’s contemplation. Loaded with crackers, eased down the throat with ice water...
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Bikin’ with Thoreau in Mind
When you buy a motorcycle, everyone thinks you’re going to die. You become a cautionary tale for friends, family, colleagues — a dead man riding. After I bought a 1982 Honda Nighthawk, I was no longer...
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The Big Question: WHY?
— Regarding Nepal, I’ve been getting the WTH question a lot lately, so I thought I’d answer it here. Actually, to be more specific, the question is twofold: 1) Why do you want to go trekking in Nepal,...
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The Fear of Risk-Taking (Or, Is Mediocrity Bad?)
— Mediocre: Of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate (dictionary.com). There seems to be a trend towards mediocrity these days. We see it in education, sports,...
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It’s Lonely at the Top
What goes up must come down. Oh yeah? Today I learned about how a cat climbs a tree easily and could probably come down easily but looks how far down down is and turns into a first-class chicken cat....
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7 Strategies for Quantum Leap Risk Taking
— “Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.” —KATHERINE MANSFIELD, British short-story...
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Fly or Flop – Overcoming the Fear of Failure
The only failure is not to try. – George Clooney A few years ago, I was in Montreal visiting a friend and she suggested I go flying. “Flying?” I said. “As in…a plane?” “No,” she said. “In a wind...
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Risk Taking Becomes a Way of Life for the Successful
In light of Kobe Bryant’s death on January 25, 2020 from a helicopter tragedy, I am compelled to write about the risk profile that many of our heroes and industry titans must face and master on the...
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Taking a Longer Look at Impulsivity
Impulsivity gets a bad name rap. Impulsive people make decisions without thinking and pay the price. They buy things they don’t need, speak without thinking, and they take unnecessary risks. But it...
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Let Them Cringe
To be Black and sane in America seems, to me, like a miracle. And yet, there they are, all around us, millions of miracle-humans walking, working, loving, helping, and giving us all the gifts of...
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The Most Authentic Question of Your Life
About twenty years ago a co-worker of mine named Amada Doyle Giordano put a small paperweight on her desk. It read, What Would You Do If You Knew You Couldn’t Fail? It stared a hole in me every time I...
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Taking a Risk Saved My Life
I’ve taken risks all my life. Sometimes they pay off. Sometimes they don’t. The risk that paid off the most saved my life. I was 36 years old. I woke up with a swollen right breast. The surface of...
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Why Taking Risks Is What Life Is All About
10 June, 1998 was a beautiful summer’s day across SW England. I know that because I was in the living room of the first house my wife and I owned together wrestling with the vertical blinds. I was...
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Why Companies Are Turning to Innovation Centres
A recent study by Capgemini Consulting, entitled The Innovation Game, charts the rise of corporate innovation centers (or centres as we would say in Europe). Researchers interviewed leaders of such...
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The Key to Success Is Feeling Extraordinarily Uncomfortable (And Doing It...
Every time I publish a piece, my heart wriggles up to my throat in a panic. It’s scary. My writing was rejected for years before writing platforms were a thing, and despite knowing how normal that is...
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Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time to Start a Business; Risk + Challenges =...
Failure rates are high for entrepreneurs, but a common trait of those who succeed is identifying opportunities for growth that lie within the challenges. That’s what James Harold Webb has done...
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Why Men Take Such “Stupid” Risks & Other Mysteries of Manhood
Masculinity is not something given to you, something you’re born with, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor. – Norman Mailer As a psychotherapist who has worked...
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