Risk And A Leap Of Faith Can Equal Success

When you think about the things that add value to your life, you may immediately gravitate towards your family or loved ones.  Most people believe that they are where they happen to be at today, because of the foundation that may have been created by a family unit that surrounded them at a young age.  People can easily point to their mother, father or perhaps a grandparent that were the key individuals that helped formulate who they were.  There were those key individuals that believed in you, or that instilled the confidence that was needed in order to be able to take a step forward, especially when you were apprehensive about the result afterwards.  Literally, I don't believe that anyone of us can remember when we took our first step, when we began to learn how to walk.  However, someone was right behind or in front of you, that fostered the momentum that was needed in order to take that step, which would then lead to many others that taught you how to walk.  There is always fear of the unknown when it comes to taking a life step that is out of the ordinary or goes against the familiar of your comfort zone.  As we get older, our ability to take risks can be somewhat limiting, due to the many things that run through our heads when we are weighing the pros or the cons to something.  Risk taking can have some very positive results when you think about the many entrepreneurs that have made their fortunes when no matter what anyone else said, they simply believed in themselves.  Then there are those instances when things did not work out as planned for some, after they took a particular risk.  Although the initial thinking would be that they failed at something, at the end of the day that person became more knowledgeable about a particular topic and could lend the voice of experience to another person pursuing a similar venture.  Risk can be calculated, if you determine that you are willing to live with the end result that would not be positive, you can usually put a percentage towards what you can live with and what would not be acceptable in making that decision.  Therefore, as an adult one is faced with choices that can have long term ramifications.  Whether it is regarding making changes to your health, finances or a personal relationship, the opportunity to do so can happen more often than you think.  A risk must sometimes be taken in order to achieve a desired outcome.  Consider the things that add value to your life and those that do not.  Remember that sometimes a leap of faith along with a calculated risk may be the right formula that is needed to define your desired success.