Take a Chance on You
Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the Rio De Janerio Paralympic Games and my mind is racing with nostalgia.

For those of you who do not know, I entered myself in a writing contest at work that won me an all-expense paid trip to visit Rio and attend the Paralympic Games as a Brand Ambassador for Deloitte. I got a complimentary business class upgrade on my Emirates flight. I was featured in an Olympic Magazine. I stayed at a hotel with a killing view of the beach. I had access to almost all the VIP lounges at the games. I met superhuman athletes. I had a private viewing of Christ the Redeemer. I ate food cooked by a decorated Michelin chef, held the Olympic torch in the flesh and to top it all off, returned home with new friends, tons of goodies and memories I could have only hoped for in my wildest dreams. All this and I still ask myself — ‘What would have happened if I never took that chance?’
Many times in life we get stuck with the dilemma of winning and losing that we forget to see the big picture on the wall that reads — you’ll never know if you never try. Now do not get me wrong here. I am not trying to reinvent the wheel by trying to tell you something that you already know. I am however trying to remind you to take a chance on you.
Do that one thing you have always been scared of. What is the worst that can happen? You will fail. Fail early and fail young. Life is too short to spend it in the fear of failure.
I wish I had this ‘aha’ moment a little early in life. Recollecting back to the way I lived my life, I can write a 10000-page essay on all the things I was too scared to try growing up just because I was scared of failure. After my Rio experience, I have started trying many things. I am also failing at them marvelously. All this failure has given me more reasons to be grateful. I am grateful that I can afford to fail. I am also grateful that failure can actually teach you so many things about yourself that you never knew.
If failing is your biggest fear, prepare to fail and take a chance on you anyways. You deserve that chance. You’ll fail if you’ll fail. But what if you don’t? :)
