3 Reasons to LOVE Risk Taking by Lisa T. Goodwin, Success Coach and Entrepreneur

When I was growing up my mother wasn’t much of a risk taker. That governed how she felt about my taking risks as well. She wasn’t the kind of mother that encouraged climbing trees, running around or getting into things. Most mothers don’t encourage getting into things, but you get the idea, she didn’t want us taking risks. I was a good girl and followed my mother’s advice most of the time…except when I didn’t. Usually there was evidence that I broke the rules that looked like stubbed toes, bloody knees, dirty faces and the occasional cry for help. It was only then, when I stubbed my toes that I realized my potential. By challenging what was safe, or in most cases, what was easy, I learned how to break free from my limitations.

In business our stubbed toes, bloody knees, dirty faces and occasional cries for help look more like ideas that didn’t take off, expenses accrued in the hopes of making it big, late nights and long hours and a cry for help still looks like a cry for help. BUT… there are reasons we do that. There are reasons beyond reason that cause us to risk all of those sorts of things and more. Reasons that sometimes only we understand, and let’s face it — even we question why we do what we do when times get tough.

So stubbed toes and cries for help, they are evidence that you stretched beyond your comfort zone and the comfort zone of others to TRY something new and different. That is why I believe there are 3 reasons to LOVE risk taking.

1. You will never know what you are capable of until you go beyond your perceived limits.

2. Inherent in risk is inspiration.

3. If you want to live the life of your dreams, you CAN’T JUST SIT THERE!

One of my favorite stories about risk taking is about a man named Larry Walters. I first heard about Larry when my mentor and friend, Rich Hurst used his story in a sermon. I then found a great recap of the story in a book by Robert Fulghum and his version provides a classic parable that I have paraphrased in a video about living the life of your dreams. Basically Larry Walters’ story is this: he dreamed about being able to fly so instead of taking pilot lessons, he conjured up this idea about attaching helium weather balloons to a lawn chair. He flew alright, he risked his life for his dream. If you want to hear the story and see actual pictures, go to my video “Living the Life of Your Dreams”.

The bottom line is this; learn to love the stubbed toes and bloody knees. They are evidence that you actually get up off your rear and try for something bigger and better or maybe just different, and that is, after all what needs to happen if you want your dreams to come true.

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