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.

Rachel Stroud | Co-Owner and Yoga Instructor

Overall, I am risk adverse. Risk is not comfortable for me, nor do I trust it. However, I do know that a certain amount of risk is necessary and healthy, and sometimes even crucial for moving forward in this beautiful and messy life. Read more>>

Andrea Carla | Tarot

Taking risks is essential if we want to grow. Taking risks has played a role in my life by pushing me out of my comfort zone and helping me achieve things I didn’t know that I could do. Read more>>

Brayden DeMorest-Purdy | Film Director/ Producer/ Writer

Good question. I’ve always believed risk taking is a crucial aspect in the path of success. It is always good to try new things, and listen to your gut. As a filmmaker, risk taking is part of the game. Even if the risk is sometimes calculated. When you make a movie, there is risk involved both from a creative and business perspective. Read more>>

Sunny Morehouse | Herbal medicine grower and educator

I have always played by the “rules”. I have had an adventurous and fortunate life that has not followed most conventional patterns, but it has always been with internal conflict. Read more>>

Adel Ghiabi Hesari | Fashion Brand Owner

Risk to me is an action necessary to become a successful individual and overall a better human being. Risk has played a crucial role in my life and business because it has opened many doors and created many connections with people that can help me achieve my goals. I see risk as something that is positive due to the fact that I either learn and gain experience from the risks I’ve taken or turn those risks into very big rewards. Read more>>

Ana Luna Uribe-Leteinturier | Violinist, Performance Artist

My entire career has been about risk taking. Being an artist and a musician is something that involves extreme creativity, focus and drive. Creating new ideas and concepts will always involve risk but that is what excites me so much about this career path. There is such a misconception about being a freelance musician and a creative; that of the starving artist. Read more>>

Heather Shaver | Portrait Photographer

The role that taking risks has played in my life directly stems from the idea of doing what you can’t. Like when I decided to pack up my little Corolla and move from Florida to Colorado in a days notice, many people told me “You can’t do that, Heather. Where are you gonna live?” To their surprise, I stumbled into little Longmont and fell in love with it. Read more>>

Megan Cary | Owner & Operator of MCA agency

Where there is risk there is reward BUT also an opportunity to fail. That is why it is called a risk! I did have to take many risks opportunity wise as well as financially giving up a stable salon career to branch out on my own company crossing my fingers for all to stand upright and have consistent work flow. Read more>>

Steve Longman | Owner of Rosie’s Ice Cream

Walking the high wire without a net. There will come a pivotal moment is an entrepreneur’s life when they have to take their “big Idea” and commit to their vision. Committing is the most nerve racking aspect of becoming an entrepreneur. Read more>>

Jen Weis | Owner of Leading With Shui – Professional Feng Shui Services

I love this question! As a child and young adult, I was shy, insecure, and easily intimidated. Over the years I’ve learned that taking risks causes us to rise to the occasion, whatever it might be, and step in to fear with a bold face. Although taking risks is challenging, every positive change in my career happened because I made a deliberate decision to leave the warmth and security of my comfort zone. Read more>>

Alysha Schuring | Entrepreneur : Co-Owner Alyth Active and Denver Sports Medicine

I believe that growth is all about taking risks. Often times you don’t want to wait until you have everything figured out before you take the leap. Growth, opportunity and success comes from believing in yourself and your mission and hitting the ground running. Hard work, dedication, constant learning and taking risks has got us where we are today. Read more>>