There is a wealth of academic research that suggests that differences in risk appetite are at the heart of differences in career and business trajectories. We wanted to go beyond the theory and ask real people from the community about their perspectives and experiences with risk and risk taking.

Peggy Easterling | Christian Mindset Life Coach, Speaker, and Founder of The Mindset School

So much fear comes when you begin to learn new things and as a new entrepreneur, every task is new and can feel like a risk. Risk is something that is daily there available for us in work. We can settle for comfortable but people willing to take the risks in life and move beyond the comfortable are the ones that find success. Risk is about probibility. But we miss 100% of the shots we don’t take. I truly believe that it is risky to live our lives in the comfort zone and trade our time and livelyhood for a paycheck at a job that we find zero fulfillment in. Read more>>

Jason Swick | Owner of Day 6 Ranch

If you want to positively impact the world in exceptional ways, you absolutely have to be willing to take exceptional risk. There is a fine line between being careless and taking great risk. With confidence in your given purpose or mission, proper preparation in support of performance and the clarity of mind to peacefully evaluate risk; one can take action to create incredible change not only in their own life, but the lives of those around them. So often people live in a state of mediocracy because it is comfortable, however the cost of such mindset leaves so much potential and good will on the table. When you believe you serve something greater than yourself it builds confidence in one’s ability to confidently evaluate risk vs. reward. Read more>>

Ronnea (Rosy) Wheeler | Owner

My first step was a risk but I knew I had so much to gain. I knew I had a gift for restoration cleaning and I didn’t want to sell myself short. I wanted a set customer base with the best work life balance possible. With my 5yr old son having Autism; I just knew I would have to be entrepreneur creating my own schedule! Read more>>

Erica Ludwig | Content & Communications Manager, Performing Arts Fort Worth

I used to consider myself a risk-averse person. I try to always have a plan, and while I’m typically an optimist, I like to prepare for the worst-case scenario. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last few years, it’s that sometimes you just have to take the jump. I would never have found my career in the Broadway industry if I didn’t make the choice to stay in Tulsa, Oklahoma after graduating college in 2016, even though all of my family was here in DFW. I would not be in my dream job at Performing Arts Fort Worth, working as a press rep with national Broadway tours that come to the gorgeous Bass Performance Hall if I didn’t take the leap of moving back home in February of 2021. Read more>>