Continuing with periodic posts in December about the major lessons learned throughout 2013, today I turn my attention to the matter of taking risks. Each of us takes risks daily to some extent. We do so in relationships we establish, goals we pursue, changes we attempt, causes we promote, work we devote much time to, …
Category: Risk
Go Ahead – Take a Chance!
When was the last time you really took a chance and tried something significant with no guarantee of success? Maybe it was related to your career. Perhaps it was taking a huge step in a relationship with someone. It might have involved financial risk or a shift in educational direction or geographic location. The last …
Leap Year Lesson #299: Some Things Are Worth Trying Even If They Don’t Succeed
Three months ago I agreed to teach a new Bible study class on Sundays with the intended audience being men who are in a recovery program. Some are in between time they have been in jail and when they will be allowed to return home. After a very slow start of nobody attending the first …
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Leap year Lesson #121: Sometimes You Have to Dance Your Way Out of Your Comfort Zone
I attended a ballroom dancing class last night with my wife, Linda. The six-week course began last week when I was out of the country, so this was my first class. Wednesday evening Linda showed me the basics of what they did the week I missed. We are there for the fun of it and …
Leap Year Lesson #110: Sometimes All It Takes Is 20 Seconds
I’m writing this about 4.5 hours into a 13-hour flight from Newark, NJ to Beijing, China. I took a break from my Mandarin crash course to watch the movie We Bought a Zoo. Near the end of the movie Matt Damon tells his son “Sometimes all it takes is 20 seconds of insane courage and …
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