In our experience, most folks, including ourselves don’t have enough of an understanding of risk and the role it plays in our lives and careers and so we have made a concerted effort as a team to have conversations about risk with our interviewees. We’ve shared some highlights below.

Josh Gluck | Musician & Songwriter

Risk is essential when it comes to building and continuing to grow a career/business. Especially in the music industry. There are times where you must be massively risk oriented. Overall, however, these must be calculated risks. There’s a great deal of thinking ahead and planning that must come first in the risk taking process. Read more>>

Ray Hage | Investor, Realtor and Consultant

Risk is something you can never really avoid. When you do something, there is a risk involved. When you do nothing, there is still a risk to it. What’s my point? You better start using your brain and figure out which risks you want to take and where you want to be in life. Read more>>

Nicolle Nyariri | Artist, storyteller, entrepreneur

I think risk-taking is necessary to personal and professional growth. Throughout my life and career, I have embraced risk and it’s shaped my life tremendously. I believe life is a series of moments and decisions and from my experience, when I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone and took a risk, that’s when my life was impacted the most. Read more>>

Roanen Campbell | Super Model, Actor, & Entrepreneur

It’s probably the most important thing you can do. Taking risks and getting uncomfortable is the #1 thing that separates most greats from average as most people are unwilling to face there fears or do something out of the ordinary. Risk taking has catapulted me into the position I am in today, simply by taking those risks head on and forcing myself to be comfortable with be being uncomfortable. Read more>>

Sharon O’Donnell | Fashion Show & Event Producer

It’s never going to be the right time to quit your job and start a business. When your rent bill, phone bill, utility bill, credit card bill all come due, it doesn’t seem practical to choose to invest in yourself. When you subscribe to what society idealizes as success, you become trapped in this “matrix” and convince yourself that there’s more stability in working a 9-5 corporate job with health insurance and PTO, yet in reality, you’re working 40+ hours per week to feed somebody else’s dream. Choosing practicality keeps you complacent. Read more>>