Importance of Taking Risk in Life

Is life devoid of risk? Surely not! Our lives are full of risks of all shapes and sizes. When we go on road we risk getting hit by a vehicle; when we take an examination we risk failing; and when we start a business we risk losing the capital. In fact life is full of risks. Should we completely stop taking any risk? It's like asking should we stop living. Stop giving too much thought to risks.

It's part of the human nature to avoid taking a risk. However, if you dream big then you must be ready to take chances. The human history is full of examples when people took huge risks and got incredible success. If you want to achieve great success then you must be taking big risks too. There is no big gain without big risks. The richest people in the world are mostly businessmen. They take huge risks in starting their ventures. Statistically most businesses fail. However, when a business venture becomes a success it generates a huge amount of money for its owners. Most of us have to fight against the odds and risk big things in order to gain any success.

Not only average people, but even fairly successful ones have to take risks to achieve a bigger success. The world famous animation filmmaker Walt Disney had to put all his money in his dream project Disney World. He also took huge amounts of loan to build the tourist attraction based in Florida in the US. The risk paid him off well and today more than 5 crore people visit Disney World annually, making it one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. He was lucky that he achieved success with the venture. It could have gone the other way and he could have lost all he had earned in his life.

The film industry is full of examples of filmmakers putting all money in a venture and losing big time. The legendary filmmaker Guru Dutt was broke after his film Kaagaz Ke Phool bombed at the box office, while another famous director Raj Kapoor suffered heavy losses when his dream project Mera Naam Joker was a commercial failure. Both were successful filmmakers of their era but lost money in those ventures. However what made them winners was that they kept taking further risks and both made lots of money in their next ventures, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Bobby respectively.

Several times you have to take risk to get a bigger success even if you are quite comfortable in your life. Rajkumar Hirani was a successful advertisement film maker, running his own advertising studio before 2003. However he wanted to make his mark in the Hindi film industry and took the risk by refusing to take new advertisement projects to focus on his film venture. He kept writing script of a new film while his advertisement film career was going down as a result. It was a risk because he could not have found any producer for his film and there was no guarantee that the film would become a success at the box office, ensuring further work for him. Still, Hirani took the gamble. He looked for a film producer once the script was ready. Luckily he got a producer and his film became a critical and commercial success on its release. The title of the film was Munnabhai M. B. B. S.

How To Enhance Self Confidence

We underestimate the power of confidence. It's true that we feel confidence in only those activities in which we are good and feel comfortable. However, the reality is that just by feeling confidence we are able to perform better in any activity as a high level of confidence improves our performance. People who possess a high level of confidence are able to do any activity quite well. We should keep in mind that it's not natural for us to feel confidence in all kinds of activities. By nature only a level of competence and comfort can make us feel confident in a certain activity. If you are completely unaware about the activity then you will not feel confidence. However, some people are always confident than others. Those people will surprise you with their level of confidence.

Confident people are able to learn a new activity faster than those lacking self-confidence. Learning a new activity quicker is a sign of higher level of intelligence. It's generally seen that intelligent people also possess a higher level of confidence. However, we all can increase our level of confidence by just making extra efforts in an activity we want to excel. Even if you don't possess a higher level of confidence you may work harder towards you goals and in the process you will gain more confidence.

The first step to have self-confidence is to love yourself. We must realize that we all have imperfections as we are humans. However, it doesn't mean that we stop loving ourselves due to small reasons.

Most people make an opinion about us without even talking to us. They make a judgment about us based on how we look. In our appearance our clothes matter the most. So, be dressed for the occasion. If you are dressed well then people will take note of you and will give you more importance. When people treat you well you will feel better about yourself, resulting in more self-confidence.

If you stand and sit with the right posture then you will feel confident, besides making good impression on people. The way you walk and sit has a great impact on onlookers. They judge you by looking at your posture. Don't send wrong vibes to people by looking nervous. Look confident and suddenly you will feel confident.

If you feel lucky for whatever you have in your life then you will feel good. This will make you feel confident about yourself. On the other hand, if you keep complaining about things you don't have in life then it will make you feel miserable, resulting in loss of self-confidence.

You should celebrate every success of your life. If you feel that you have nothing to celebrate, just look at life with a calm mind. You will realize you must have done many things that would make you feel happy and proud. Those are your successes that need to be celebrated.

Working out is a great way to feel confident. When we exercise endorphin releases in our brains which makes us feel good. It also helps us live a longer life.

Working out not only makes us feel good but also makes us physically and mentally fit, thus leading to a better life. A healthy mind lives in a healthy body. So, take care of your body. It will also make your mind more alert and sharp.

KV Gautam is a motivational speaker in Delhi

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