Is The Decision Risky Or Brave?
We assume that being risky is something negative. In fact the Cambridge dictionary defines risk as:
The possibility of something bad happening.
I like the idea of the bad thing happening being a possibility. By definition, surely that must also mean that risk has an upside, that there is a possibility that something good might happen.
And that’s the nub with ‘possibility’, we just don’t know for sure how things will turn out.
Of course, we want the best possible outcome and will therefore take time to weigh up the odds so that we’re taking a calculated risk. But that calculated risk will depend on our personal risk tendency. [Read more…] about Is The Decision Risky Or Brave?