Risk is the most common topic that comes up in our conversations with entrepreneurs and so each week we ask entrepreneurs to talk to us on the record about how they think about risk.

Christopher Geoff | Hair + Wardrobe Stylist

Life is full of risk, you have to be willing to take them.. even when you’re afraid. Some of my best life + career choices happened because i stepped out on faith! Read more>>

Abriana Terrell | Chief Executive Officer & Founder

I believe that risks are necessary in order to catapult you forward in life. Risks take you out of your comfort zone. I also refer to risks as “leaps of faith.” I actually took a big leap of faith with quitting my corporate job about seven months ago and completely focusing on my spiritual duty through positively affecting others through this humanitarianism project. Read more>>

Eibeth Aguayo | Hairstylist & Makeup Artist

I think life is all about taking risks (the good kind, of course). However, if I’m being completely honest taking risks is not something that came to me easily at ALL. I can be an extremely anxious person, so it definitely took a lot of courage to step out of my comfort zone in many areas of my life. However, taking risks has been the best thing I could’ve done for my life & my business. Read more>>

Kelly Urtiaga | Licensed Acupuncturist & Owner of Sacred Healing Acupuncture

I believe that taking risks are essential for growth and success in both life and in a professional career. I have seen so many instances of friends and family who have wanted to make a career change, move to a different city, or make a lifestyle change for example, but stay in their place of comfort due to fear and the risks that come with making those changes. Read more>>

Michael Berry | Executive Director – Youth Guidance Dallas

It is interesting a book by the name of “Failing Forward” by John Maxwell really changed my outlook on life. I would say my upbringing and school life revolved around defining success as the completion of things, the mastery of knowledge and it was only when I first experienced Failure with a true growth mindset that I welcomed risk taking as part of growth. In my experience in working with young people they fear failure because we haven’t accepted it as part of the learning process. Read more>>