I think you should differentiate between "just" doing something risky and having talent, passion or unavoidable reasons to do something risky. Let me give you an example
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Passion is one thing you need to have. Without passion you cant do even a programmer job.
These kind of jobs which looks scary are LERNABLE if you want to. The decision you have to make is terms of whether you want to learn new things or not.
I am not encouraging you to take a blind risk. That is utter foolishness. But the first step starts with you attitude to take risk. Your instincts will guide you how to go about it.
If you want a proof of what I am talking read
"Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill"
there are millins of REAL life illustrations.
I dont recall the name of the bird, but there is one bird with long tail which inspite of the danger of being caught and eaten by hwak, does some complex dancing in air.
I do agree that I can learn to drive an F1 car but what would be my reasons for learning? Risk taking? Do you really think so? I will learn either because I am an F1 enthusiast and want to experience driving F1 cars (if that was possible) or challenge Michael Schumaker and make money. It wont be because I want to take risks. I can take risks in my own profession. As I said your arguments for taking risks are not right.
As for the bird that you are talking about, I am pretty sure its a male bird trying to entice the female and its a part of its nature which we cannot understand "yet". I am sure all male birds (of that species) do the same. That doesnt make them leaders among the group as your original post suggests, at best the male would be able to breed with the female and thats the end. There are many more examples for this like the Salmon spawning, male Impalas fighting for females and getting killed in the process etc. And its no way related to the risks that we are talking about.
I didnt say that you should be motivated to go for F1 racing by my post. It was an anology to illustrate that risk taking attitude is attractive. Of course I am suggesting you to take risk in your own profession, because that attitude is attractive no matter which profession you are in.
Yes in the bird example its a process in mating. The do that in order to increase their attractiveness to female. Those who take risk and survive their genes will be propagated to next generation. Those who dont take risk their genes will preish. In you compare to times of kings, it can be compared to king who takes risks and marries multple wives and propagates his genes to next generation. For other who dont have any qualities, their genes perishes. Yes this is example is vey much related to risk because two basic requirement of any species in animal kingdom is surivial and reproduction. Though we cant compare human and other animals point to point there is a good analogy for risk factor.
(so of course I have to add my 2 Paise) I feel, if you are complaining when you are doing a risky job, then you should seriously think about it and maybe quit. Cause unless you are really good at what you are doing, the odds are againt you here (since its a risky job)
My premise is that you are complaining, cause you are not enjoying the job. And it might not be that attractive when you are dead :-)
>I feel, if you are complaining when you are doing a risky job, then you >should seriously think about it and maybe quit.
What I am saying is, if you quit the job because of risk, you are yet another person who did the same thing. Therefore its not attractive.
There are many people who took the risk and dead. History considers them attractive. Gandhi, King Martin Luther, John F Kennedy and Lincon belong to this category.
>>There are many people who took the risk and dead. History considers them attractive. Gandhi, King Martin Luther, John F Kennedy and Lincon belong to this category.
As I said in my first post there were reasons for these people to take risks, they were passionate enough for their cause + they had the talent. They basically knew what they were doing and basically prepared themselves to what they had to do.
M.K.Gandhi - gaining independence. He didnt want to see his children live an oppressed life under the British. He had talent, used non-violence as a weapon. Martin Luther King - similar to Gandhi JFK - What risk did he take? Isnt it a dream of most politicians to become top leaders? He was killed for no reason (atleast the reason is still unknown). Lincoln - similar to JFK.
Lincoln and JFK were assignated bcus they supported black right movement similar to MLK. If they had agreed with southern protesters they wont be killed. They knew the risk and still took it. You can say what every you want about politicians. But they are the one who makes tuffest decisions. And they are more capable than rest 90% of the population. Its media culture which sees them always in bad light. They do make mistakes, but good leader take risk for people (at least one I have listed above.
I will to conclude by saying one thing
You can come up with thousands of reasons for taking risk and thousands for not doing so. But if you take risk, its attractive.
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a programmer job.
These kind of jobs which looks scary are LERNABLE if you want to. The
decision you have to make is terms of whether you want to learn new
things or not.
I am not encouraging you to take a blind risk. That is utter foolishness.
But the first step starts with you attitude to take risk. Your instincts
will guide you how to go about it.
If you want a proof of what I am talking read
"Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill"
there are millins of REAL life illustrations.
I dont recall the name of the bird, but there is one bird with long tail
which inspite of the danger of being caught and eaten by hwak, does some
complex dancing in air.
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As for the bird that you are talking about, I am pretty sure its a male bird trying to entice the female and its a part of its nature which we cannot understand "yet". I am sure all male birds (of that species) do the same. That doesnt make them leaders among the group as your original post suggests, at best the male would be able to breed with the female and thats the end. There are many more examples for this like the Salmon spawning, male Impalas fighting for females and getting killed in the process etc. And its no way related to the risks that we are talking about.
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It was an anology to illustrate that risk taking attitude is attractive.
Of course I am suggesting you to take risk in your own profession, because
that attitude is attractive no matter which profession you are in.
Yes in the bird example its a process in mating. The do that in order
to increase their attractiveness to female. Those who take risk and survive
their genes will be propagated to next generation. Those who dont take
risk their genes will preish. In you compare to times of kings, it can be
compared to king who takes risks and marries multple wives and propagates
his genes to next generation. For other who dont have any qualities,
their genes perishes. Yes this is example is vey much related to risk because two basic requirement of any species in animal kingdom is surivial
and reproduction. Though we cant compare human and other animals point to
point there is a good analogy for risk factor.
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(so of course I have to add my 2 Paise)
I feel, if you are complaining when you are doing a risky job, then you should seriously think about it and maybe quit. Cause unless you are really good at what you are doing, the odds are againt you here (since its a risky job)
My premise is that you are complaining, cause you are not enjoying the job. And it might not be that attractive when you are dead :-)
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What I am saying is, if you quit the job because of risk, you are yet another person who did the same thing. Therefore its not attractive.
There are many people who took the risk and dead. History considers them attractive. Gandhi, King Martin Luther, John F Kennedy and Lincon belong to this category.
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As I said in my first post there were reasons for these people to take risks, they were passionate enough for their cause + they had the talent. They basically knew what they were doing and basically prepared themselves to what they had to do.
M.K.Gandhi - gaining independence. He didnt want to see his children live an oppressed life under the British. He had talent, used non-violence as a weapon.
Martin Luther King - similar to Gandhi
JFK - What risk did he take? Isnt it a dream of most politicians to become top leaders? He was killed for no reason (atleast the reason is still unknown).
Lincoln - similar to JFK.
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similar to MLK. If they had agreed with southern protesters they wont
be killed. They knew the risk and still took it.
You can say what every you want about politicians.
But they are the one who makes tuffest decisions. And they are
more capable than rest 90% of the population. Its media culture
which sees them always in bad light. They do make mistakes,
but good leader take risk for people (at least one I have listed above.
I will to conclude by saying one thing
You can come up with thousands of reasons for taking risk and thousands
for not doing so. But if you take risk, its attractive.
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