There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.Anais Nin
What's more, there are other signs that risk aversion is more «in vogue»
than risk taking.
«And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.»
Accident victims need to understand that accepting a decent settlement offer in hand may be a better decision
than risking taking their claims to a jury.
It might be that for the wisest course is to choose from among the top ten best no medical exam companies rather
than risk taking an exam.
«And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom» (Anais Nin)
The best part is that returns made on your real estate investments are always worth more
than the risk taken.
Not exact matches
Research has shown that those who kept their day jobs while starting their businesses were 33 percent more likely to be successful
than their
risk -
taking counterparts.
Foresight, patience and a willingness to
take risks also pay off in these markets more
than others, so entrepreneurs should expand into areas where they're passionate and committed to staying the course.
So, rather
than stretching and testing new channels, your goal should be to
take the ambiguity and
risk out of marketing.
But as we know from research, women are also more cautious
than men, requiring better odds that the
risks they
take will pay off.
They found that the people on the supplements were no less at
risk than the people who didn't
take them.
And that will require investors to adjust their strategy and their expectations henceforward — by paying more for equities,
taking on more
risk with fixed income and socking away more
than they used to.
It's hard to convince small business owners that if they work extra hard or
take on additional
risk to expand their businesses, that the government is entitled to more
than half of the rewards.
Rather
than expose miners to the
risk of a human error - induced accident involving a multi-ton vehicle, Clearpath
takes the driving out of human hands.
But in the modern world, where most
risks we
take aren't life - threatening, that overactive imagination can do more harm
than good.
A large 2011 study of close to 39,000 older women over 25 years found that women who
took them in the long term actually had a higher overall
risk of death
than those who did not.
Both have a
risk -
taking attitude, like to look for new ways to do things rather
than settle for what's already available, and both have an amazing story to tell.
Kramer is concerned that creeping gamification will cause investors to
take on more
risk than they should.
Because a few extra years of work will boost your retirement income more
than higher investment returns will, once you
take the
risk into account.
Factors are not only putting out more money but are willing to
take greater
risks than a year ago.
But if aerobatics, drag racing, and dirt - bike rides sound like more
risk than you're ready to
take right now, build up to it.
«In one of our studies we found that people rated masculine
risk -
taking behaviors as more risky
than feminine
risk -
taking behaviors, even when they were matched for how risky they were,» she says.
Simply innovating doesn't guarantee success, but you'll learn far more from the
risks you
take than by maintaining the status quo.
Better to
risk failing by
taking action
than resting behind the comfort of your words.
A study shows single CEOs
take more aggressive business
risks than their married counterparts.
Perfectionists can become so paralyzed by their fear of not being able to meet goals that they will often not
take greater
risks, preferring to be perfect at what they know they can achieve rather
than take the
risk that an endeavor may fail.
For instance, if overwhelming feelings arise because you become very worried, address that root issue rather
than not
taking a
risk.
But by
taking a
risk and staying with a hitter or keeping a pitcher in a game a little longer
than he should, Guillen might lose a game or two.
A decade ago, Nintendo
took a big
risk with its Wii game console, which emphasized easy - to - play, fun games rather
than fancy graphics, and it paid off.
«It's more market
risk than many people might be used to
taking, but I don't think it's worse
than duration or credit
risk currently,» he said.
Too many managers think the
risk -
taking side of leadership is more important
than it is.
Investors who need more income from their portfolios have no option other
than taking on more
risk.
Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little
risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster
than expected, and
takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.
More
than a decade ago, Joey Wat at Yum China, was given the chance to
take on a massive career challenge that had a high
risk of failure — and her decision led Wat into the role she has now.
It might seem encouraging to applaud your child's intelligence, but tons of research — much of it spearheaded by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck — shows that doing so makes kids fearful of
taking risks or pursuing tough goals that might make them feel less
than brilliant at first.
Exposure to different tasks «allows them to
take risks and be more independent
than they otherwise would be,» says Roses for Autism managing director Michelle Ouimette.
She re-iterates the fact that the working professionals - turned entrepreneurs prefer
taking calculated
risks rather
than resort to jumping in directly to bigger bets.
However, officials ultimately concluded that the optics of
taking that step would be worse
than the
risk of letting the former FBI director testify freely.
More
than 800 of these people were found to have invasive lung cancers over the study's course, and the
risk seemed to be especially associated with men who
took discrete supplements with vitamin B6 or B12.
Each game introduced new technology, just as today's shooters typically do, but the creators
took what appears to be big
risks to today's thinking by spinning each out into its own new title, rather
than continuing them on under one established umbrella.
Indeed, Millennial women are twice as likely to be active investors and twice as likely to
take on high -
risk investments
than Baby Boomer women.
«The question is going to be, with the animal spirits having sort of disappeared here and the classic
risk taking mode, whether we're going to continue to see this gapping around, which I think will look more like recent sequential quarters
than it would like the healthy first quarter we saw last year,» he said.
«They'll essentially book their [higher -
than - projected] returns and
take a little bit of
risk off the table.»
What's more, those that fear being «caught» may avoid
taking risks that could reveal their perceived inadequacies, or they'll settle for less, not believing they deserve better
than mediocre results, mediocre talent or average opportunities.
When deciding to become an entrepreneur rather
than taking the corporate route, you have to be a
risk taker.
Without layers of bureaucracy or thick encrustations of habit and naturally attractive to
risk -
taking types, small firms are in a much better position to be agile
than their corporate competitors.
Possible reasons for the increased lending activity include lower levels of regulation at smaller banks
than at their larger counterparts, recent movement of lending staffers from large banks to small banks and an increased willingness of smaller banks to
take on credit and interest
risk, the report says.
Courageous companies invest in R&D and offer incentives to employees who
take chances, rather
than punishing calculated
risks that lead to failure.
Sundheim notes plenty of studies that show men are more likely to
take risks than women.