CHAPTER 2
Understand Risk to Improve Your Relationships and Career
ROLL THE DICE, BUT TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE LOADED
Death tweaks my ear. “Live,” he says. “I am coming.”
—VIRGIL, ANCIENT ROMAN POET
WE’VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT of time to engage in smart risks. To risk wisely, we need curiosity about how fear affects us. It exerts considerable influence on our thoughts and deeds, and so deserves our respect. It’s helpful to deduce where it’s coming from and why it’s here when it visits. It becomes self-defeating only when we scoot over and offer fear the upper hand. Stay in the driver’s seat so you can navigate beyond the safe route.
The best learning happens outside our communication comfort zone. Of course, easy to say but much tougher to actually ...
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