How do you think about risk? What role has taking risks played in your life/career? Check out responses from hidden gems from our community below.

Olivia Jane | Fine Artist, Muralist, Teacher & Student

In my life, I have chosen to take high risks in the hope of high rewards. The worse case scenario is you’ll end up with good stories. I don’t necessarily mean going into debt or making large promises you cannot keep, I think the risks will look different for each individual. Read more>>

 Samantha Baldwin | Blogger and Adventurer

When I was younger I never used to be one who took risks. I played things safe and lived my life with a very specific set of rules. But as I grew older I realized that by doing so, I was only holding myself back. I was in college when I decided to take the risk of exploring the outdoors, mostly on my own. Read more>>

Betty Butcher | Burlesque Performer/Producer

Tomorrow isn’t promised! Risk taking is important because first off, you’ll never know until you try. If it fails, take a step back, try a different method. There really is no harm in failing. You really cannot obtain your goals until you put yourself out there and take the risks. Read more>>

Rachel Maly | Denver Content Creator – DishingOnDenver

Recently, I have changed my view about risk. If you were to ask me this question 6 months ago, I would’ve said that risk isn’t necessary and living in the comfort of the known is an ideal place to be. But, now I have a vastly different thought process. Read more>>

Caitlin Conner | CEO of Be More Adaptive, Model & Actress, Freelance Marketing Director, Advocate for people with disabilities.

I find that risks are necessary in life and business. Without risks, you limit your own potential. Some of the most successful people in the world are that way because they’ve embraced the changes that come with risk taking. Not every will go your way, but you better believe there is always something to be learned. Try something new, go down the unbeaten path. You never know what you’ll find if you don’t first look for it. Read more>>

Lillian Söderman | Musician

Taking risks has played a huge role in my life and career. I am constantly challenging myself to face my fears. I believe that courage is a muscle that needs constant exercise or else it begins to atrophy. As an example, I recently became certified as a free diver in hopes it might help me to overcome my fear of water. Read more>>

 Kaitlin D. | Watercolor/Acrylic Artist, Home Hospice/Euthanasia Veterinarian

I tend to not think of myself as much of a risk-taker, but I actually can highlight a few big ones that shaped (and then re-shaped) my trajectory in life. I was anorexic, bulemic and depressed at the end of high school but supposedly stable when I decided to move alone across the country. Read more>>

Macy Petty | Movement Guide

I have studied/played with manifesting for about 6 years. Ive read several books and have taken countless workshops. If you look into manifesting the life you want you will find that almost every doctor, philosopher, manifesting coach etc will speak to taking risk more often than any other action. Read more>>

Adrienne Herzog | Real estate broker

I think taking risks is huge in making career choices. Not only when I started my career in real estate I took a risk, also be investing time and money into setting up a business focused on probate specific. Also in real Estate taking risks is crucial, especially when the market was crazy quick and hot, as agents/ brokers we had to be ready to take very big decisions in a very short time and advise our clients to do the same. Read more>>

Courtney Hicks | Figure Skater, Photographer, and Social Media Influencer

I think taking risks is so incredibly important. Risks help to keep a sense of trajectory and provide constant room for growth and discovery. Throughout my career taking risks has led to me finding things that ended up working so much better than the way that I had been operating, plus I’ve found new habits that keep me from getting bored or burning out. Read more>>

Brook Reynolds | Metal Artist

I think the best things in my life have come from taking risks. My business being the best and most important example. The hard part is knowing when something is a risk worth taking and what is not. I often don’t think of that before taking a risk and while it has proven to be work in my favor, I often I take silly impulsive and sometimes reckless risks. Read more>>

Siera Potter | Master Colorist and owner of Siera Nikkole Beauty

Personally I have never had the mentality that my career was risky. I mean in hindsight of course it’s risky to start up your own salon and buy all the over head with the hope that people come and support you, however I just always felt like it was meant for me. I’m a firm believer that’s what is meant to be mine, will be. Read more>>

Jacqui Fehl | Mixed media artist

Risk taking is essential for movement forward…in life and in business. We all take risks whether we acknowledge them or not. Babies learn to crawl and then stand up on wobbly legs to take their first steps. Without risks, nothing would every change or evolve. Read more>>

Kimille Taylor | Interior Designer and Decorator

Risk taking is central to my work – you can’t be creative without risk! I consider myself a risk taker for sure and absolutely believe strongly in the Latin proverb that Fortune Favors the Brave. It was a risk to leave my corporate life and strike out on a new career, it is a risk every time I try something new for a client. It is the only way to grow… but its hard and can feel scary. Read more>>

Alexis Stephens | Documentary Filmmaker & Creator

For both my partner Christian and myself, pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zone made the best things we ever achieved in our personal lives and our careers possible. I took the most substantial risk of my life by leaving my steady marketing agency job to pursue a passion project that led us to build our own tiny home on wheels. Read more>>

Alice VL | Author, Speaker & Content Creator

When I was younger, taking risks was not an option I welcomed into my life. I was secure in living off of what was safe and routined. In 2018, an opportunity presented itself to me in the form of taking my writing to the next level by leaving everything behind in South Africa, and emigrating to the United States. Read more>>