Is this how you live your life, your MO? Or do you only play it safe with certain aspects of your life and are wildly abandoned in others? Do you know, if you’re the safe player type, how you got that way? What happened that ‘made’ you adopt this way of reacting and interacting? Playing it safe and risk taker are typically the opposite ends of a continuum. Do you see yourself as a risk taker… in any facet of your life?
To beat this point into the ground… there are the gamblers and the safe investor types and one or the other usually prevails in all aspects that relate to one’s life, perhaps not all but the vast majority. I’m not placing a value on either position other than to indicate that you should, on a conscious level, know your preferred operational style. It will make your actions far more understandable to you (because we can confuse ourselves at times).
The gambler type is generally the romantic, dashing style that others typically dream about but rarely act upon. If you consider your friends and acquaintances I would venture to speculate that few, if any, embody this style. And, if this isn’t your typical behavior there’s no fault. The gambler/safe investor is a bit like the tortoise and the hare – no value on either, just two different styles. Both have qualities to be desired.
But, if you are playing it safe as an excuse – then this is not useful; just like a bravado as a risk taker won’t work if it doesn’t support your personal philosophy. You only frustrate yourself and become a puzzle to others. You can enhance your personal style or you can shoot yourself in the foot. Yes, there are times when you have to break out of the usual, but know when there is a call to do this. This is also true for the gambler… you need to ‘know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em’.
