17 Challenges require risk taking
Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain
One of the major reasons that people shy away from challenges is because they fear failing. Risking failure is required if you want to overcome any challenge and turn it into a valuable improvement in your workplace. Failing is part of the landscape because not all of your initiatives will work and you can’t stop there or you won’t get to the ones that will work.
Watch this clip from Sir Ken Robinson.
This is similar to the financial principle of leverage, which basically explains that your potential to generate revenues equals…
