Ju. Jones

I had an opportunity to listen in on a teleseminar earlier today featuring Eric Bryant and Erwin McManus. Great stuff.  During the conference call, one person asked a good question.  He asked, “Can you ever risk too much?” I knew exactly what he meant.  Can one push risk taking too far?  How do you know when you’ve gone past the limit in risk taking?  Erwin gave a great answer.  Most of the time, being too risky is not the issue.  Most people don’t take risks at all.  We often say, “I don’t want to take things too far,” when in reality we haven’t taken a step of faith at all.  In fear of not wanting to be “too risky,” take things “too far,” or be “too extreme,” we end up not taking a risk of any kind.  We come to the conclusion that playing it safe is the best way to go.  We kill the adventure before it even begins.  Before the idea even has a chance to fully develop, someone shoots it down.  No, that’s too risky.  That’s too costly.  That won’t work.  Some times the one that kills our ideas are us.  Erwin said, the mistake that we often make is taking the wrong risks.  When we take the wrong risk, we can be crippled to not take any risk at all.  We gave our heart to the wrong type of person.  Now, trusting someone is too risky.  We hastily invested tons of money in a bad venture.  Now, we won’t invest in anything at all.  Give this some thought.  Can we really afford not to take a risk?