Quotes About Risk

Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals. The

I've never gambled in my life. To me, a gambler is someone who plays slot machines. I prefer to own slot machines. It's a very good business being the house.

Be willing to take on new challenges.

The amateurs usually do not have cash flow, which sets up a downfall, or "crash," one sees in the cyclical real estate market.

There is never a wrong time to buy real estate. When times are good, people complain about the deals they have missed. When times are bad, they claim they can't buy at the top thinking that prices will fall and, therefore, it's not a good investment.

Decide early on if it's a short- or long-term play. Speculators can make money by buying in new condo developments very early and then flipping the units at the first opportunity for a quick profit.

point is that the real money isn't made in real estate by spending the top dollar to buy the best location. You can get killed doing that, just as you can get killed buying a bad location, even for a low price. What you should never do is pay too much, even if that means walking away from a very good site. Which is all a more sophisticated way of looking at location.

Do what others are not doing, and you'll increase your profits tremendously. Go for preforeclosures. These are the true diamonds in the rough of residential investment real estate.

Fear isn't only a guide to keep us safe; it's also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life … the great stories go to those who don't give in to fear.

No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone.

Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won't enter into a story. They have to get fired from their job or be forced to sign up for a marathon. A ring has to be purchased. A home has to be sold. The character has to jump into the story, into the discomfort and the fear, otherwise the story will never happen.

But love doesn't control, and I suppose that's why it's the ultimate risk. In the end, we have to hope the person we're giving our heart to won't break it, and be willing to forgive them when they do, even as they will forgive us. Real love stories don't have dictators, they have participants. Love is an ever-changing, complicated, choose-your-own adventure narrative that offers the world but guarantees nothing.

He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't provided a better role for his daughter. He hadn't mapped out a story for his family. And so his daughter had chosen another story, a story in which she was wanted, even if she was only being used. In the absence of a family story, she'd chosen a story in which there was risk and adventure, rebellion and independence.

Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

The risk of being known is also the decision to be criticized by some.

And that's the tricky thing about life, really, that the things we want most will kill us.

I thought about how there are so many lies in fear. So much deception. What else keeps us from living a better story than fear?

After all, to love somebody is to give them the power to hurt you, and nobody can hurt you if you're the only one writing the script.

But love doesn't control, and I suppose that's why it's the ultimate risk.

the great stories go to those who don't give in to fear.

Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won't enter into a story. They have to get fired from their job or be forced to sign up for a marathon. A ring has to be purchased. A home has to be sold. The character has to jump into the story, into the discomfort and the fear, otherwise the story will never happen.

El plan crea claridad Los planes pueden adoptar las formas más variadas, pero todo plan eficaz hace una de estas dos cosas: o bien clarifica cómo puede alguien hacer negocios con nosotros, o bien elimina la sensación de riesgo que pueda experimentar alguien al considerar si invierte en nuestros productos o servicios. ¿Te acuerdas del mantra «Si confundes, pierdes»?

What's at stake? If nothing can be gained or lost, nobody cares. Will the hero disarm the bomb, or will people be killed? Will the guy get the girl, or will he be lonely and filled with self-doubt? These are the kinds of questions in the minds of a story-hungry audience.