A brief motivational short by TJ Walker arguing that meaningful, successful lives require taking regular, calculated risks rather than avoiding all risk. Walker contrasts common parental cautions to “be careful” with the example of entrepreneurs and leaders who take large risks, and closes with the call-to-action: “Follow the TJ Walker habit.”
Risk is good. Every successful entrepreneur, every great political leader has taken huge amounts of risk. And yet you never hear a mother or a father tell their child on the way to school, honey, please be sure to take lots of risk today. No. The admonition is, be careful. Be careful. No one wants their kid to take silly, obviously dangerous risks, like walking on the top of a building with a blindfold on. But the secret to a meaningful life, to a successful life, to a fulfilling life, isn't simply avoiding risk. It's taking the right amount of risk on a regular basis. Follow the TJ Walker habit.
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