In our experience, most folks, including ourselves don’t have enough of an understanding of risk and the role it plays in our lives and careers and so we have made a concerted effort as a team to have conversations about risk with our interviewees. We’ve shared some highlights below.

Angelika Koch | Relationship and Breakup Coach

Most people regret the risks they haven’t taken. I find calculated risks are important to take, as it allows you to move forward in your career in a way you otherwise would not have. The risks I have taken have been a nerve racking experience but one I am thankful I took. I took a risk moving full time into starting a business. Read more>> 

Jessica Gutierrez | Traditional Healer

Taking risks has been something that didn’t happen for me. I have always stayed safe with life decisions. The risk of others judgment scared me. The risk that someone might not buy my products are things that held me back. But that risk was something I had to take. I was always taught to be seen but not heard. Read more>>

John McCarthy | Creator of ROK IT Inspirational Clothing Brand

Taking risks is such an amazing concept. It will show you who you really are and what you are made of. When I was working in my equipment operating position, I was excited to be able to play with bigger equipment and do some really challenging things. I was always testing not just what I could do but also what the equipment could do. Read more>>

Marketa Sivek | Artist

I grew up in communist Czechoslovakia. Looking back, that itself was risky, even though I didn’t realize the scope of it at the time. My parents were anti-communists and my dad had made an implication that he signed the anti government manifest circulating around in 1960’s called Charter 77. Read more>>

Angela Nicole Holton | Author and Dating & Relationship Expert

Risk taking is not only something I don’t avoid, I actually seek and run toward it. If I’m not in a perpetual state of learning and growing, which I believe is integral to any form of success, then I feel stagnant and stifled and that creates an awful feeling of entrapment. I have always set higher-goals for myself since I was a young girl. Read more>>

Emily Bessette | Artist & Small Business Owner

Risk is a scary but necessary step to gain success. Risk is a chance you take doing something that could impact your safety, health, wellbeing, assets, etc. in a negative or positive way. It takes experience, logical planning, and your intuition to decide which risks could lead to something spectacular. Read more>>