Risking Nothing
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under Philosophy |
This article really pleased me.
In the article, our man Bob starts off his illustrious career as a homeless, drug-addicted bum. After he squeezed into a position, putting labels on paint cans, he financed his business idea with $1000 on his Visa card.
Yes, he risked. And he was rewarded for that risk.
When starting out, people will oftentimes ask themselves “What’s the worst that can possibly happen?” Understandably the question brings to light the risk, the down-side of any idea. Working on mitigating those risks and learning to manage them is the secret.
Dare I put forth the hypothesis that his response to the question “What’s the worst that can happen?” wasn’t “Fear of failure”. From my chairt, his life had already hit its lowest possible point by being homeless and addicted to drugs. The only other position I can think of that is lower than that is being a food taster for Roachael Ray.
If you don’t have anything to lose, it can’t get any worse. More importantly if something is gained, then promptly lost, then the individual already knows how to cope with having nothing.
Perhaps this explains why history is replete with people who become great entrepreneurs, business owners, public leaders, authors, scholars . . . because starting out, they literally had nothing. And when they knew they had nothing to lose and everything to gain that triggered their drive to succeed even more.
Interesting.
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Absolute Nothing on July 10th, 2008
This piece was a tough piece to write.
Net Worth on June 12th, 2007
Taking advantage of a situation and taking advantage of someone is oftentimes separated by a thin line.
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