Monday, October 10, 2005

Putting it on the line

Life is like gambling. It’s about risk vs. rewards. The greater the risk, the greater the reward. Or the greater the loss.

When one walks into a casino, sits down, and places money on that table… one needs to be willing to put that money on the line. And not just some of it. All of it. Unless one is willing to walk away with nothing at the end, one will never reach one’s full potential. One will never be able to play that game to the best of one’s ability. Not only will one be fundamnetally weak, that weakness will be quite blatant to the sharks. And a feeding will occur.

When you take risks in your life, be it business or personal, you must be willing to lose what you put on the line. You must be able to walk away if needed. If you cannot do that, you have destroyed your own foundation.

Life is constant battle. It’s a series of risks. And your payoff is directly related to the amount that you are willing to put on the line. Few but the cutthroat come out on top.

And that’s my somber ass two cents.