Right Before His Death, a 103-Year-Old Man Oddly Said: ‘Go Take a Risk’

Here’s what he meant. It will help you stop wasting your life.

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I love centurion badasses. Myron Fuller Steves was a 103-year-old retired businessman. He worked in insurance managing risk.

“Your insurance company wins when you play it safe,” says Myron.

I worked as an insurance salesman a decade ago, so his words found my big ears easily. In his final message before his death, he drops a few amazing thoughts to genuinely warp your reality.

Everything Is a Risk

Getting married is a risk.

Boy, this one slapped me in the face as a newly engaged man. You can’t predict the future of your marriage. All you can do is work your face off at making it work and listen to the other person deeply.

You can never take the risk of marriage, too. You can assume every potential romantic partner is going to short-change you and leave you on the sidewalk in your underwear. Or you can trust the process and see where it takes you. Even divorced people can be pretty cool. Just look at Miss Divorcee Roz Warren. She wouldn’t be the writer she is today without divorce.