Taking Risk is essential, but how much, when and why? Taking risks effectively is as much of an art as it is a science and we’ve asked some of the brightest folks in the community to tell us about how they think about risk taking.

Adrienne Grace | Mindset & High-Performance Coach

The way I look at risk has significantly changed. Most of my life I played it safe, conforming to society’s standards and doing things I thought I was supposed to do. I never took much of a risk in my life. This all changed for me in 2020. I found my mentor, Bob Proctor, and learned so much about how the mind works. It made me realize how much are thinking limits us and that if you want to accomplish something big, you have to take risks. We’ve been programmed not to take risks and to fear failure. But the most successful people in the world understand that you have to take risks and you will fail and they’re ok with that. Read more>>

Ania B. Holland | Multi Hyphenate Creative & Brand Strategist and Founder of Moon Trine Mars

I have a career in the arts so I know risk too well haha. How do I think about risks? I honestly don’t think about them and I jump head first hoping that I’d somehow land safely. If I had a theme for this current year that I’ve had it would be the year of the risk. For me this year was all about leaping into the unknown, leaving all that was familiar to me, my family, my country, all in the name of expanding not only myself as a creative but as a person. Taking risk in my life and in my career have completely changed how I view myself, the world around me, the art I’m consuming, the art that I’m making. Read more>>

Jessica Moran | Abstract Painter

When I think about risk it reminds me of that quote by Lewis Carrol, “The only things we regret in life are the chances we didn’t take.” You have to take chances and risks in life or you’ll never know what could have happened. Becoming an artist has always felt somewhat risky, but that’s never stopped me from pursuing what feels truly authentic for myself. If anything it pushed me to work harder. And when that voice of doubt sneaks into the back of my mind and I think of society’s ideas about the “starving artist,” I just keep going and remember something my Dad once told me, “Do what you love and the money will follow.” Read more>>

Kami Welch | President & CEO – Arvada Chamber of Commerce

With risk, comes reward. I value the idea of innovating and challenging systems by taking well-calculated risks. In order to mitigate the obstacles that come with risk-taking, I utilize a data-informed approach and build a dream team of stakeholders to help influence positive outcomes. This approach has served me well as others have challenged my thinking and helped me navigate missteps before they happen. Read more>>

Heather Nicholson | Owner-Creator & Maker

When it comes to risk that could potentially bring physical harm, I’m not about it at all, but risk for a potential payoff–I’m in! I’m a very easy going person who is always trying to figure out the best way to perform any task, so when something isn’t working out it is very easy for me to find a solution and shift. This served me well when the pandemic first struck. I was cleaning houses and had my Etsy shop at the time–selling stickers, shirts and pillows. Read more>>

Bev Marsh | Realtor Extraordinaire and Dog Lover

When I was in my 20s and 30s I wasn’t a big risk taker. I was a single mom and working in corporate human resources, so I needed the steady income and insurance and reliability. Every morning, 5 days a weeks I would get up for work, get my little one up and ready for daycare, out the door by 7am to drop her off to daycare by 7:30am and to work by 8am. This was what I did all year long (even in the Summer time) with only a few days off here and there. Read more>>