Karl Edwards presents Working Matters

Tag: risk

  • Quote to Consider: The Risk of Dying

    quote-to-consider“An individual dies… when, instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being, he cowers within, and takes refuge there.”

    E. M. Cioran

  • Listen In -> Bold Resolutions for the New Year #1: Too Much Fear, Caution and Passivity

    Doesn’t it seem like everyone is waiting? Waiting for the economy to improve before making important decisions.

    The problem with everyone waiting is that leaves no one taking actions that might stimulate the economy.

    No one wants to take the first step, which, while understandable, leaves open the possibility (which is currently being realized) that no first steps are being taken.

    This week Claudia and I begin a new series entitled Bold Resolutions for the New Year.

    Let’s use the tool of setting New Year’s resolutions as a means for taking the initiative, making some decisions, and taking concrete action… even if it seems like we’re the only ones.

    How can we be bold without being rash or impulsive?

    We certainly don’t want to repeat the mistakes that landed us in the economic mess of the past several years!

    Are there ways to be both bold and responsible?

    Bold Resolutions for the New Year
    Week #1: Too Much Fear, Caution, and Passivity
    Week #2: Think Outside the Box
    Week #3: Build a Team, Not Fill a Job
    Week #4: Create Your Own Opportunities
    Week #5: Rethink Failure

    Listen in.

  • Question of the Week #17

    How do you affirm and encourage risk-taking without reducing your demand for results?

    The Question of the Week is offered to increase awareness of one’s personal leadership practices and encourage experimentation with creative alternatives.

  • Quote to Consider: Safe, But At What Cost?

    quote-to-considerAny life truly lived is a risky business, and if one puts up too many fences against the risks one ends by shutting out life itself.

    Kenneth S. Davis

  • Question of the Week

    How do you affirm and encourage risk-taking without reducing your demand for results?

    The Question of the Week is offered to increase awareness of one’s personal leadership practices and encourage experimentation with creative alternatives.