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Navigating Risk vs. Reward How do you decide when a risk is worth taking? Have you ever taken a big risk that paid off—or one that didn’t go as planned? I have done both. At 19, I took over ownership of a small franchise pizza restaurant. It was a good opportunity but it didn’t go as planned. The restaurant didn’t make money and I struggled to make ends meet. Ultimately, I sold it for a very small profit, but nothing for the time and effort put in. Then, in 2013, I quit my safe job to start a risky digital marketing company. We grew quickly and in 2014, a large competitor made a generous offer to buy out the company. I took that offer and I began working for them. Today, I am much more careful about taking risks. I’m almost 40 and my time is more valuable to me now. I will still take risks but the rewards must be outsized for me to really do so. Let’s talk about the toughest risks you’ve taken in life, what you learned from them, and how you weigh risk vs. reward in your decisions today.

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I go with my gut when taking a risk. That is probably not the best way, but that's the way I am, it hasn't made me rich but, the experiences I've had have been awesome. I'll just jump in. I took a big risk one time and moved to NYC about 25 years ago. I got a job with a production company, I got to work a lot of famous music acts like Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Public Enemy to name a few. It blew my mind at the time, so much fun! Another risk I took moved out to San Francisco (here now) to edit a documentary. When I came out here I met the woman I would marry and now we have 2 sons together. So crazy. The biggest one I took was leaving my small home town in Indiana at 18. At the time it was a huge risk, my town was all I knew, but deep inside I knew I had to go. The lesson is >>> go for it, whatever it is. You will come out the other side wiser, better, and if anything you'll have great stories to tell.

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Indiana to the big city and made it work, big respect. Love that you had all the awesome experiences along the way as well. The city is like that, the connections you make people elsewhere think you are putting them on

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Thanks, Yeah it was a cool time, but it also kicked my butt as well! 😝!!!

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Definitely crazy hours in production, had a buddy who did shows in NYC.. he’d tell me his schedule and I’d be like wtf? Got awesome tickets to stuff all the time tho

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It’s so brutal, a deadline is a deadline and in production side it’s hurry up and wait a lot of the time. Yes the perks can be fun 🤩.

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