36 NOVEMBER 2024 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Life’s Risks - or Opportunities? by Tim Connor Risk is the chance of something going wrong, a hazard. Every decision we make carries with it some degree of risk. Some of these risks are immediate, while others can take years to come to fruition. Some can lavishly reward us, while others punish for hours or years. For life to have any degree of adventure, joy, success, satisfaction, and challenge, we must take risks - minor ones and often major ones. Risks like: The career you select. ~Where you choose to live. ~How fast you drive. ~What you eat. ~Your interests. ~With whom you spend your free time. ~Whom you choose to marry, or whether you remain single. ~Your habits - good and bad ones. Yes, there are millions of examples of hourly, daily, and lifetime risks. The list is too long, but suffice it to say, the outcome of all risks depends on your preparation, knowledge, courage, persistence, and beliefs. Each day, each of us must choose to risk or to play it safe. For me, I like the thrill of certain risks, but avoid those that can put my life in danger. Life brings with it risks each of us must confront sooner or later. Many of these introduce us to ourselves - our strengths, weaknesses, fears, and dreams, while others stretch our boundaries. I believe most of the risks many of us take in life will not put our lives in physical jeopardy, but they can certainly put us under tremendous emotional stress. The keys to managing risk are: 2 Recognize why you may fear a certain decision or action, and see if you can see any rational justification for it. 2 Know that many of the risks you avoid today will reappear again in your future. 2 Understand growth comes with risk no matter whether you fail or succeed. 2 Risk is not about what other people do, think, feel, or believe about your action or decision. The outcome of any risk taken is not what is really important. What is important, is what you do with the learning and how you grow as a result of the experience. You have everything to gain when you take a reasonable risk in life and the potential for loss of some kind, but if you sit back and don’t take a chance or risk, there is no way you can ever know what the gain could have been and how you would have benefited from it. In His service, Tim Tim Connor may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” ~William Shedd
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