
Take the Risk
Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Take the Risk
Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk
About this book
By avoiding risk, are you also avoiding your life's full potential? Join acclaimed neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson as he explores the life-changing power of taking the risk, even if you're afraid.
In our risk-avoidant culture, we place a high premium on safety. We insure our vacations. We check crash tests on cars. We extend the warranties on our appliances. But by insulating ourselves from the unknown--the natural risks of life--we miss the great adventure of living our lives to their fullest potential.
Dr. Ben Carson spent his childhood as an at-risk child on the streets of Detroit, and he took big risks in performing complex surgeries on the brain and the spinal cord. Now, offering inspiring personal examples, Dr. Carson invites us to embrace risk in our own lives.
In Take the Risk, Dr. Carson examines our safety-at-all-costs culture and the meaning of risk and security in our lives. Take the Risk guides you through an extensive examination of risk, including:
- Risk-taking in history
- An assessment of the real costs and rewards of risk
- Learning how to assess and accept risks
- Understanding how risk reveals the purpose of your life
From a man whose life dramatically portrays the connection between great risks and greater successes, the insights Dr. Carson shares in Take the Risk will help you dispel your fear of risk in order to dream big, aim high, move with confidence, and reap the rewards of wise risk-taking.
Praise for Take the Risk:
"Whether you are a world-renowned neurosurgeon, a CEO, or a teacher, this book applies to anyone who ever wondered about the difference between the pacesetters and those who struggle to keep up. It is the pacesetters who Take the Risk, and this book explains when and why to take risks to empower everyone to become a trailblazer rather than a mere spectator. For anyone who wants to rise above mediocrity, this book is a must-read."
--Armstrong Williams, author and radio host, The Armstrong Williams Show
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Risking Their Lives
- 2. To Risk or Not to Risk?
- 3. When Is Risk Worth It?
- 4. Life Itself Is a Risky Business
- 5. The Truth about Risk
- 6. Growing Up “At Risk“
- 7. My Risky Behavior Nearly Got the Best of Me
- 8. Risks I Took That Changed My Life Forever
- 9. Four Simple Questions to Help Assess Any Risk
- 10. Faith Is a Risk—Whatever You Believe
- 11. Living Your Faith in an Uncertain World
- 12. Navigating Professional Risks
- 13. My Personal Risks in the Face of Death
- 14. Taking Yourself Out of the Middle of Decisions
- 15. Parenting Perils?
- 16. Public Risk (and the Beginning of Some Solutions)
- 17. Even Bigger Risks
- Conclusion: My Prescription in a Dangerous World