Have you ever wished that you had taken more risks than you actually have?
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
October 13, 2015 2:15pm CST
Depending on your time of life, you might look back wondering what might have happened had things turned out differently, or you might be looking forward with the thought that one day you will do something completely out of character!
In particular, you might wonder about the risks you avoided or the ones that you are dubious about trying. When you read the biographies of people who have been successful in their lives, you usually find that they took a deep breath and went for it - and there are presumably many stories of those who did the same only to find that it didn't pay off.
I had the chance once to have a career as a librarian for the British Council somewhere overseas, but my wife of the time wasn't so keen and I didn't push through with it. Maybe I should have been more insistent on pursuing a promising career - who knows?
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@simonethari (15)
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13 Oct 15
“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”
Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
i remember that phrase each time i wonder if i wanna take a risk
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
13 Oct 15
I took cautious steps because others pushed me that way, thinking they had been successful with those steps and that I should try. I didn't launch into the path I wanted at a point where I was posed to enter at a good time, and the window closed. I'm trying to get back there to do it now, but it would have been interesting had I went for it back then.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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13 Oct 15
Yeah who knows, sorry to hear that, shame you didn't take the risk. I taken many over the years, time to play save I think,
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
13 Oct 15
It is too bad that you could not have taken up that position John. I can understand your wondering how it could have been.
No, I should have taken less risks, but more positive actions.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
14 Oct 15
I had the opportunity of a job as a software engineer with a formula 1 team many, many years ago. It would have involved travelling the world with the team during the F1 season. My relationship with my now wife was at the stage where it was just becoming very serious. I took the safe option. But we're still going strong some 20 odd years later so I'm not complaining!!
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@pcunix (210)
• Middleboro, Massachusetts
13 Oct 15
I did take quite a few risks. Some worked out, some didn't. I never got rich because of the ones that went badly, but I haven't been pushed down so hard that I couldn't recover either. On balance, I did ok. I survived, we live well, we raised our kids, sent them to school, everybody is happy. I regret nothing.
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@celticeagle (167043)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Oct 15
I took a lot of risks and make choices I am mostly happy with. Some instances I wish I had taken different avenues but in still others I am happy with how things went. I hope you can resign yourself to being happy with your decision completely. I think we do things for a reason. Sometimes it just takes a while to find out why.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16762)
• China
14 Oct 15
The young tend to take a risk.But then , it makes a great deal of difference to your life to make the right choice .
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
18 Oct 15
No. Because I'd rather be 'faithful'' (not "believing" anything, but rather 'so reliable that you don't even have to THINK of whether you can rely on me') than 'daring.'
@soniacostina (90)
• Bucharest, Romania
14 Oct 15
I took the risk a year ago to give a chance to a guy, even if he had many many troubles and caused many problems. i took the risk and it was not the best idea, but i achieved a very good experience. now i know what to do in many cases and how to manage them .
