Monthly Archives: July 2017

Looking back to our childhood is such a good place to search for our ‘risk-taking self’ especially the school playground. Risk is a constant from birth – not something that can ever be eliminated and therefore, it seems sensible to understand it, embrace it and find a balance. As this […]

Dare to Be Aware of Your Risk-Taking Self

31 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk tagged #risk / dare / outcome / risk-taking / risktaker / trueself by Val Heaton

Vulnerability is the birthplace of everything we are hungry for. Brene Brown If you searched my Facebook page right now, you would see that I have a lot of people that I call my friends. If you counted the amount of family I have in my local surrounds you would probably […]

The risk of being vulnerable in friendships

25 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk by Amanda

If you push through that feeling of being scared that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen Melissa Mayer I am afraid of heights. I didn’t use to be, but sometime in my late twenties, it came upon me. I knew what it looked like, as my mother […]

What does risk look like?

22 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk by Jodie McCarthy

The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. Mark Zuckerberg I think the word risk is so attractive. Don’t you? I remember when my now husband took a big leap and […]

On being a baller, shot caller

19 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk by Riyanka Panditha

Let me fall if I must fall. The one I become will catch me. Sheryl Sandberg This year, I’m travelling for about eight months and I’m following Plan A–my itinerary. But, travel has a way of bringing up opportunities to switch to Plan B, or even the dreaded Plan X […]

What to do when your travel plans change

17 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk tagged #adventure / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #planb / #plottwists / #risk / #sayingyes / #sherylsandberg / #travel / kinwomen / women by Elaine Fraser