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The Hidden Dangers of Playing It Safe

Playing it safe: a silent killer

The dangers of playing it safe appear so gradually that they rarely get noticed.

It is like a slow leak in a tire, you only notice it when you are stuck. You don't have an idea of how it happened.

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4 Reasons Smart Leaders Know When to Stop Playing It Safe

4 Reasons Smart Leaders Know When to Stop Playing It Safe

https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/4-reasons-smart-leaders-know-when-to-stop-playing-it-safe.html

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Do you have the courage to make the riskier choice if you know it will make you happy? That's the question that faced Canadian entrepreneur Carol Leaman when she sold her share of social analytics company PostRank to Google in 2011.

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Ask yourself what makes you happy

An opportunity should not only be viewed by the benefits it provides. 

Knowing how the opportunity will make you happy should also have an influence on your decisions.

Be willing to gamble on yourself

Moving on in life is possible if you have a good understanding and knowledge of yourself.

Believe in yourself that you are able to figure out a way forward. 

Double down

Finding a good opportunity may leave you to put everything in to make it work, and the confidence to move beyond your safety nets. 

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Playing It Safe Is Too Often Risky

Playing It Safe Is Too Often Risky

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/playing-it-safe-is-too-of_b_5698849

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We don't have to experience the world in any specific way that someone else dictates. Gaining approval doesn't always make us feel like we are living with purpose. Our lives are spent pushing back on boundaries, battling the rules and trying to find a way that works for us.

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Safe choices

Following the status quo does not always make us feel that we are living with purpose. 

If you live your life by simply comparing yourself to other people, you will always be subject to ...

Making space for possibilities

Making space to take on risk is all about the journey. You have to unlearn what no longer serves you. For example, unlearning other peoples quick fixes and schemes. 

Looking forward

Playing it safe prevents you from leaping into the opportunities along your path.

If you wait until you are ready you might not follow the path you want to choose. Trust yourself to do your best.

Is Playing It Safe Holding You Back? Four Risks You Need to Take

Is Playing It Safe Holding You Back? Four Risks You Need to Take

https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2013/02/19/four-risks-you-need-to-take/

forbes.com

There's no doubt about it, we are living in turbulent times. Turn on your TV and you'll be hit with at least a half dozen reasons why you should feel afraid, hunker down, play safe and hope for the best. Certainly in our increasingly fearful culture that breeds anxiety and [...]

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Risk awkward conversations

We are apt to choose the path of safety instead of speaking about issues that worry us. We do not address the problems and fail to influence a change or produce results.

Risk the difficult co...

Challenge assumptions

The world is changing fast. Holding on to the ideas of yesterday can prevent you from achieving success tomorrow.

Be willing to step away from the old assumptions into a place of not knowing. This will leave room to acquire new knowledge to move to a place you truly want to go.

Risk rejection

If all you do is conform, that is all you have to offer.

To set yourself apart, be willing to walk your own path and do what you expect of yourself versus what others expect of you.

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