Are You 'RISK AVERSE'?

Are You 'RISK AVERSE'?

AI cautions us that regardless if one is a risk taker OR risk averse, at the end of the day, it all depends HOW we react to UNCERTAINTY.  So, while risk takers are tagged as bold and comfortable with uncertainty, risk averse people prefer stability and certainty.  Are You 'RISK AVERSE'?  YES, just now, I asked that same question to myself and I replied "YES and NO" based on the zillion decisions I made throughout the past years📗📙📘

Frankly, I would tag myself as 'middle-of-the-roader' because much as sometimes I am RISK AVERSE, there are times I'm so locked-in, ready to take the plunge and take that RISK.  You might ask, what triggers me to take the RISK [versus being RISK AVERSE?  It is the prize dangling there that can trigger me to come up with an informed decision.  IF the potential UPSIDEs heavily outweigh the DOWNSIDEs, I'm all in to face those RISKS💧💧💧

NOW, here's the deal that will sow more confusion.  WHETHER you are RISK AVERSE or a RISK TAKER, there's a commonality between them and it's the fact that either way, you can still end up in disappointments, a.k.a. frustrations.  BUT not to everyone's surprise, they are significantly poles apart because WHILE RISK TAKERS take too many risks without any planning much akin to a chronic gambler, studies show that more too often, they would walk away a loser.  On the other hand, the RISK AVERSE are continually stuck in the development of the plan BUT the plans are just plans.  Since the plans will never be good enough, they DON'T get implemented💥💥💥

And WHEN we start talking about relationships, this is WHEN we will bear witness to the parting of the Red Sea recurring over and over again WHEN it comes to relationships.  Take the RISK TAKER, it's NOT far fetched to speculate that they may get entangled with one relationship after another, NOT because they are trigger-happy BUT simply because they are the more vulnerable souls WHO sometimes end up in NOT SO informed decisions.  You might wonder.  Can we compartmentalize things?  Like being RISK AVERSE in relationships WHILE being a RISK TAKER in business forays? YES, that chameleon-like profile can exist but that's more of an exception than the rule😖😖😖

Our takeaway:  There is NO ONE SIZE THAT FITS ALL.  We can't recommend a sure-fire formula in life BUT instead, let's adopt both mindsets and execute it in a rational approach.  And obviously, sometimes WHEN the stakes are high enough, it's really that tempting to take the plunge and take the RISK.  My take on that?  GO FOR IT because many times, our gut feel and our instincts do play a heavy hand in those circumstances.  WHEREAS sometimes WHEN your heart is pumping faster, do listen to your heart as much as you need to listen to your mind❗❗❗