Fellow Riskologist, First, a confession: I used to be terrified of the dark (I was a little kid, gimme a break). I’m over it now, but it was a fear that terrorized me every night before I was forced to confront it. We’ll come back to this in a minute. Each one of us spends…
There’s a silly debate that’s been raging since, I guess, the beginning of time. One side says, “Focus on quality! Always get the very best you can!” The other side says, “No, quantity is what’s important. The more the better!” Both sides have fair enough points, and you can see the debate rage in almost…
Fellow Riskologist, An important part of being a prudent risk-taker is finding the courage to strike while the iron is hot. Usually, the things you need to find success in any project are always available to you if you’re willing to do the work to find and use them. But a smart Riskologist knows patience…
These days, when I make a silly excuse for myself, I can usually catch it—and correct it—pretty quickly. But it wasn’t always like this. I used to struggle a lot, making excuses that kept me from doing things I really wanted to. I’d waste my time with TV and video games and not work on…
Fellow Riskologists, What does it take to make a big project happen? What do you do when you want to start something that’s going to require a lot of planning, focus, and even team building? These are questions I ask myself all the time as I think about some of the projects I want to…
For nearly three years now, I’ve been a part of the “action team” for this little thing called The World Domination Summit. Maybe you’ve heard of it. I haven’t talked much about it here because tickets always sell so fast there’s never been a need to actively promote it. In our first year, we brought 500…
Yesterday, I was working out in the park when it started to rain. By the time I made it through my second set of exercises, it was coming down in buckets, and I wasn’t having a lot of fun. “I’m going home,” I said to myself. “This is ridiculous.” But then—like magic—I remembered one of…
Every day, you probably spend most of your time thinking about “What if?” scenarios: What if I went to _______ for lunch? What if I did x instead of y? What if I told my boss what I really think of him? What if I bought this new thing? What if I tried this thing?…
Australia, such a dangerous place—every turn fraught with peril. That’s what I tell myself as I pack for the trip. I picture how I’ll spring to action when I run into one of Australia’s most venomous beasts like The Taipan, The Stone Fish, or the Vicious Koala. It’s exciting. Or frightening. I get the two confused….
When you start something new and interesting, a lot of people have something to say about it. They’re excited, and they want to share everything they know with you. Or, they just want to pick you apart and ruin the party. Boo! Often, this comes in the form of unsolicited advice. “You should really do…
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