Akeel JabberInvestment Director, Horizen Capital · Investor, Entrepreneur and Petroleum Engineer

Overcoming Fear of Change 🔁

1 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief interview, Janina is asked what advice she would give her younger self. She emphasizes the importance of daring more, taking risks, and not fearing new experiences. Janina explains that she has historically leaned on familiar, safe choices in both personal and professional realms, which she now recognizes as limiting. Over time she has begun to shift toward embracing change, and she believes that adopting this mindset earlier—around age 20‑24—would have been beneficial for her growth.

Janina, what's one piece of advice you wish you had known? And if you can go back, you would tell your, let's say, your 25-year-old self?
I would say dare more. Don't be afraid of new things. In both my personal and my professional life, I tend to lean more on the safe side of things, what I've done before, what I already know works. And over the years, I've realized sometimes it can really be like a thing that slows me down or something that is not really benefiting me. And I've managed to sort of change a little bit in this regard, and I'm less afraid of change and of new things than I was. But yeah, that's definitely something that I need to work on more than other people. And that's something that I think it would've helped me to know at 20, 24, 24 years old.
Yeah. So just being able to take more risk and getting out of your comfort zone, right? Yeah. To grow.
Exactly.