Is it possible to condition yourself to take risks?

que pasa

Risk taking seems to be the number one factor in determining the outcome of success. So if I want to be a successful person I have to condition myself to take risks.

So how might I do that?

shopaholic01

Stop thinking, start doing.

endacl

Leap. Without looking.

For Forks Sake

que pasa wrote: »

Risk taking seems to be the number one factor in determining the outcome of success. So if I want to be a successful person I have to condition myself to take risks.

So how might I do that?

Jagerbombs. Works for me.

darkpagandeath

risk reward that's how gambling starts

3DataModem

Start flipping colleagues in work for tenners.

When I need a little rush I do a few cash flips in the office.

Tip; always let coin land on floor

whiskeyman

que pasa wrote: »

So if I want to be a successful person I have to condition myself to take risks

Mr Durex will tell you otherwise...

Stavros Murphy

When I started building stuff for people, the cost of materials used to wreck my head and worry me - often thousands at a time. I'd sweat buying them, sweat the cost of them, worry, worry. It seemed a massive risk. Now, I buy materials costing tens of thousands, somtimes even a hundred grand or more at a time and I don't blink as I am simply conditioned to it. The risk is the same, or even greater, but it has become so familiar I don't notice. I think you get hardened to risk.

que pasa

endacl wrote: »

Leap. Without looking.

So would you agree that what prevents people from taking risks is not knowing the outcome of their actions?

que pasa

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

When I started building stuff for people, the cost of materials used to wreck my head and worry me - often thousands at a time. I'd sweat buying them, sweat the cost of them, worry, worry. It seemed a massive risk. Now, I buy materials costing tens of thousands, somtimes even a hundred grand or more at a time and I don't blink as I am simply conditioned to it. The risk is the same, or even greater, but it has become so familiar I don't notice. I think you get hardened to risk.

You're a property developer?

pragmatic1

Yep. I was a very cautious kid. Now I do all types of ill shiit.

endacl

que pasa wrote: »

So would you agree that what prevents people from taking risks is not knowing the outcome of their actions?

No idea. I'm a leaper.

Stavros Murphy

que pasa wrote: »

You're a property developer?

I'm just a ditch digger.

shopaholic01

que pasa wrote: »

So would you agree that what prevents people from taking risks is not knowing the outcome of their actions?

It wouldn't be a risk if you already knew the outcome!

que pasa

que pasa wrote: »

Risk taking seems to be the number one factor in determining the outcome of success. So if I want to be a successful person I have to condition myself to take risks.

So how might I do that?

Start small - engage in a project that in some way excites you - and know up front it might go to crap.

I think the life I live now I can owe mostly to taking risks - and most of those risks came from engaging them in weaponised go kart racing

But all that culminated in me having a bit of land - and deciding i would risk investing in the SELF build from start to finish of a secund house on my land.

And having had a girl I met on an irish chat room live for 2 years free in that house - it hasnt killed her yet. Which for me is gold standard

The previous - while true - is filler - the main advice was: Start small - work up.