Most people want success without any kind of risk.  Sounds stupid when you read it I know but think about it.  How many people talk about starting their own business one day?  A lot.  How many do?  Very few.  Why?  Very few are willing to take risks.  And to the risk takers goes all the rewards.  Now A reward for taking a risk might not be success, it could be just learning a new life lesson.  Sometimes such lessons can only be learned by taking a risk.

Now I guess I should clarify by risk I don’t mean doing something that put you in physical danger, rather a logical risk.  A good example is leaving a steady paying 9 to 5 job to start your own business when you have no idea whether you’ll succeed or not.  The truth is, even if you had a bullet proof business plan, it can fail.  But you’ll never know until you take the risk and try.

This doesn’t just apply to business but all areas in ones life.  You’ll never know if that hot guy or girl will go out with you until you approach them and introduce yourself.  It might workout or it might not.  Certainly the more risks you take, the higher your chances are of succeeding in life.

While this is a personal development blog it was brought to my attention the other day that not everyone knows what the hack “personal development” is? Well I would like to break it down.  Personal development is really all about self improvement.  Now this can be broad since one can improve any area of his or her life.  But I found that most personal development topics generally fit in three categories: better health, better finances, or better relationships. The common factor in most personal development posts or topics is making progress or acheived some kind of success.

Most people live their life hoping not doing.  Many people hope they can win the lottery, hope they can get a raise in their jobk, hope they can find a good partner, blah blah blah.  Now I’m not saying I’m any different, I do this to.  It’s so easy to hope that luck or chance will line up and everything will work out.  yet in real life that very rare.  In fact most people who get what they want in life generally make it happen.  They don’t hope they do.