Loy Machedo's 21 Principles Of Success - Number 9

Loy Machedo's 21 Principles Of Success - Number 9



MASTER THE ART OF TAKING RISKS

So if that quote is true,

Then the big question is

Why isn’t everyone taking risks?

The answer may surprise you.

People do take risks

Getting married is a risk

Migrating to another country is a risk

Having a baby is a risk

In fact, Driving down the road is a   Risk

Travelling on an aircraft

Or even playing a   basketball gain with your friends is a risk

So its not like no one is taking a risk or that very few people take risks

Everyone does take risks

But not everyone takes Intelligent, Smart, Sinister & Calculated Risks.

To make you understand, Consider this example.

If you want to learn swimming

You do not immediately jump into the raging ocean

You learn step by step.

First the baby pool.

Then the adult pool with supervision

Then the deep end with supervision

Then the swimming coach

Then swimming alone

Then mastering the stroke

Then going to the Ocean

First knee deep area

Then waist deep area

Then with a swimming coach

Then after experience

Mastering the stroke

Then with a group

Then alone

Finally compete to find out where you are and where do you stand.

This was actually my journey that I outlined

How I overcame the fear of swimming in one year.

Let me give you another few more areas where you can succeed.

Let me share with you a few things that I have tried

1. I have tried 7 different web browsers –

2. Lynx, Konqueror, Opera, Mozilla, IE and finally now use Chrome & Safari

3. I migrated from Windows Operating system to Apple

4. I have tried a new toothpaste every month

5. I had sex with a guy (accidentally)

6. I ate cockroaches, scorpions, worms and snakes once

7. I tried a 3 some with 2 whores (  boring shit – nothing like what they show in the porno movies)

In each of these examples comes a certain degree of risks

And the results gave me a new experience.

However, these were the small silly risks.

However, they gave the courage and guts to take the really big risks.

So what were the big risks?

1. I invested my entire life-savings into the hands of a man whom I considered my friend

2. I got married and divorced - 3 times

3. I gave up a corporate life and moved to running a business without a single client

4. I shifted my entire country of residence from Dubai – a place where I spent 36 years of my life and moved to a completely new country where I didn’t know anyone

Now in each of the above examples

I took a risk

Some of the risks I was glad I took

Some of the risks I absolutely regretted taking

Some were smart

The others – totally dumb

However, the one thing that was common among them all was

The learning curve

And yes, the results obtained.

But overall – I grew as a person and the risks that I took

Changed my life forever.

So You Want to grow –

The mantra is simple….

Take   Risks Mate!





Loy Machedo

www.ThinkPersonalBranding.com