A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk.
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Frankly, I guess, I don't really understand why people, why so many people, are so risk averse. You know, there's always ways to wiggle your way out of any situation if you're motivated enough.
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
People who are over-educated become risk-averse.
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?
There is something attractive about taking risks.
People need to learn to live with more risk.
The reality is, risk is variable. Those in the financial world know it.
Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk. The higher the risk, the higher the possible payout has to be for people to jump.
People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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