"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."
Risk-taking, by definition, defies logic. Reason can't explain why people do unpredictable things — like betting on blackjack or jumping out of planes — for little or, sometimes, no reward at all. There's the thrill, of course... those brief moments of ecstasy. We take risks again and again like addicts. The explanation for why people like to live life on the edge — it involves the neurotransmitter dopamine, the brain's "feel-good" chemical. So make yourself feel good, do something you've been shying away from. And then ask yourself, "what's next?"
Risk-taking, by definition, defies logic. Reason can't explain why people do unpredictable things — like betting on blackjack or jumping out of planes — for little or, sometimes, no reward at all. There's the thrill, of course... those brief moments of ecstasy. We take risks again and again like addicts. The explanation for why people like to live life on the edge — it involves the neurotransmitter dopamine, the brain's "feel-good" chemical. So make yourself feel good, do something you've been shying away from. And then ask yourself, "what's next?"
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