Thursday, April 21, 2005

Willingness to take risks

A very nice thought which was quoted by David Yoffie, Professor HBS ( of Judo Strategy fame ), in a Stanford Exec briefing I had the opportunity to watch :

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* To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
* To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
* To reach out for another is to risk involvement
* To expose your feelings is to risk rejection
* To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule
* To love is to risk not being loved in return
* To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure

* But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
* He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave. He has forfeited his freedom.
* Only a person who takes risk is free

9 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Read Osho :)

If possible this one - "Courage, the Joy of Living Dangerously" - Actually I posted titbits here - http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=193702&tid=1240099

And keep writing ...

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