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What causes individuals to shy
away from taking a risk, even if it is a low risk and will give
them something they really want? Well, certainly high on most
people's list would be fear of loss, failure and perceived
humiliation if the loss were to occur. Why would we
automatically think that we would fail at something? Why
wouldn't we first try and see, and then if we did fail, learn
from that experience and move on? What causes us to have these
thoughts of inferiority?
Well, I believe it dates back to
our little life. And, since risk-taking, to my knowledge, is not
a subject that is taught in school, it would lead me to believe
that a person's fear of taking risks might stem back from before
they can even remember. When you were a child taking your very
first steps, it wasn't uncommon to hear one of your parents or
guardians say, "Be careful, you might fall." Or, "Don't do that,
you'll ...." Though some of this is rhetoric and you don't
really pay much attention to it, for some, it begins the pattern
of playing it safe.
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