Being risk averse makes one a stable individual, no doubt. But can one accomplish anything without believing in a great goal and committing to it, irrespective of what comes out of it?
Thanks for sharing your ski story. What is difference between takings risks and getting out of ones comfort zone ? I am also unsure how learning is related to risk taking.
Thanks first of all for reading through this! Absolutely thrilled to see questions coming from genuine interests.
Let me answer your second question first because it sets the tone nicely.
> I am also unsure how learning is related to risk taking.
Alright, so I think learning anything new is a subset of Risk taking. Risk taking can be broad, really broad, and can encompass just executing your already honed skill again and again too. It is essentially a phenomenon where you stretch yourself and do things which you have never done before. Let's take some examples: A person who has invested in stock markets for years, now understands how the markets move and has learned how to understand the nitty gritty of various businesses. Through this knowledge, they can take sometimes sharp calls which might not comply with the general advice of "diversify, diversify, diversify". And through this, he/she can pocket a greater profit, but what went behind the scenes was sheer amount of knowledge and studying, which resulted in a self-belief, that generally no one else has. So, this is risk taking too! But here you are not necessarily learning a new skill.
On the other hand, learning a new skill always has some risk involved, since you are doing things which you have never done before. And you are learning along the way too. The glory is not in risk-taking as such, but the self-confidence that comes to you after you have done something that you only had dreamt before, but over time achieved it. And it has risk, for there is incessant thoughts of fear of failure or the fear of the unknown that you have to grapple with irrespective. Also being beginner in a field always makes you someone who would have to lose from already better players. Knowing all this, still striving ahead, in my view is indeed a risky adventure. And its outcome is solely to be felt within.
> What is difference between takings risks and getting out of one's comfort zone?
I think of both of them as risk taking, but the first one I qualify as "proactive" risk taking and the 2nd one would qualify as "necessary" risk taking. If one knows for the very life of it that the comfort zone is harming them in various ways, then you have to figure out a strategy to get out of it. There is no other way.
But not everyone needs to jump from the highest peak in Europe and do a full ski downwards! That is completely on the individual, for the need in this case is to explore oneself and one's strength further.
I do think though that we have to do both, but it is always more fun if you have the choice to pursue the proactive one, because that means, lots of necessary needs are already sufficiently met. Though not always and might surface now and then.
Lovely! Excited to read more.
Thanks for sharing your ski story. What is difference between takings risks and getting out of ones comfort zone ? I am also unsure how learning is related to risk taking.
Thanks first of all for reading through this! Absolutely thrilled to see questions coming from genuine interests.
Let me answer your second question first because it sets the tone nicely.
> I am also unsure how learning is related to risk taking.
Alright, so I think learning anything new is a subset of Risk taking. Risk taking can be broad, really broad, and can encompass just executing your already honed skill again and again too. It is essentially a phenomenon where you stretch yourself and do things which you have never done before. Let's take some examples: A person who has invested in stock markets for years, now understands how the markets move and has learned how to understand the nitty gritty of various businesses. Through this knowledge, they can take sometimes sharp calls which might not comply with the general advice of "diversify, diversify, diversify". And through this, he/she can pocket a greater profit, but what went behind the scenes was sheer amount of knowledge and studying, which resulted in a self-belief, that generally no one else has. So, this is risk taking too! But here you are not necessarily learning a new skill.
On the other hand, learning a new skill always has some risk involved, since you are doing things which you have never done before. And you are learning along the way too. The glory is not in risk-taking as such, but the self-confidence that comes to you after you have done something that you only had dreamt before, but over time achieved it. And it has risk, for there is incessant thoughts of fear of failure or the fear of the unknown that you have to grapple with irrespective. Also being beginner in a field always makes you someone who would have to lose from already better players. Knowing all this, still striving ahead, in my view is indeed a risky adventure. And its outcome is solely to be felt within.
> What is difference between takings risks and getting out of one's comfort zone?
I think of both of them as risk taking, but the first one I qualify as "proactive" risk taking and the 2nd one would qualify as "necessary" risk taking. If one knows for the very life of it that the comfort zone is harming them in various ways, then you have to figure out a strategy to get out of it. There is no other way.
But not everyone needs to jump from the highest peak in Europe and do a full ski downwards! That is completely on the individual, for the need in this case is to explore oneself and one's strength further.
I do think though that we have to do both, but it is always more fun if you have the choice to pursue the proactive one, because that means, lots of necessary needs are already sufficiently met. Though not always and might surface now and then.