I think you should differentiate between "just" doing something risky and having talent, passion or unavoidable reasons to do something risky. Let me give you an example...
Lets say someone offers you a million dollars to handle a Tiger, whould you be willing to perform the risky job without complaining? I guess no because handling a Tiger can take your life and you are not "good" at handling Tigers nor you have prior experience.
Now if the same offer is made to say Dave Salmoni or John Varty (read my blog entry on Tigers to know who they are), they might be able to do it because they have the talent, the experience and Tigers are their passion!
Same goes for people who drive F1 cars. They are not normal people, they are talented and passionate people who just happen to be in a risky profession. If all people would be able to drive F1 cars (or in your words choose to take risks), F1 cars wont be a novelty and we all would end up driving F1 cars.
I dont think your F1 analogy has anything to do with risks as such and I dont think you can take risks just because you want to. There are circumstances were you need to take risks and circumstances where you need to avoid. Basically you have to be sane, intelligent and make informed decisions to take risks and not just "take it".
>>If you look at the animal kingdom, the leader in the group put its life to threat and hunts it pray. That increases its attractivness in group and he becomes the leader.
Passion is one thing you need to have. Without passion you cant do even a programmer job.
These kind of jobs which looks scary are LERNABLE if you want to. The decision you have to make is terms of whether you want to learn new things or not.
I am not encouraging you to take a blind risk. That is utter foolishness. But the first step starts with you attitude to take risk. Your instincts will guide you how to go about it.
If you want a proof of what I am talking read
"Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill"
there are millins of REAL life illustrations.
I dont recall the name of the bird, but there is one bird with long tail which inspite of the danger of being caught and eaten by hwak, does some complex dancing in air.
I do agree that I can learn to drive an F1 car but what would be my reasons for learning? Risk taking? Do you really think so? I will learn either because I am an F1 enthusiast and want to experience driving F1 cars (if that was possible) or challenge Michael Schumaker and make money. It wont be because I want to take risks. I can take risks in my own profession. As I said your arguments for taking risks are not right.
As for the bird that you are talking about, I am pretty sure its a male bird trying to entice the female and its a part of its nature which we cannot understand "yet". I am sure all male birds (of that species) do the same. That doesnt make them leaders among the group as your original post suggests, at best the male would be able to breed with the female and thats the end. There are many more examples for this like the Salmon spawning, male Impalas fighting for females and getting killed in the process etc. And its no way related to the risks that we are talking about.
I didnt say that you should be motivated to go for F1 racing by my post. It was an anology to illustrate that risk taking attitude is attractive. Of course I am suggesting you to take risk in your own profession, because that attitude is attractive no matter which profession you are in.
Yes in the bird example its a process in mating. The do that in order to increase their attractiveness to female. Those who take risk and survive their genes will be propagated to next generation. Those who dont take risk their genes will preish. In you compare to times of kings, it can be compared to king who takes risks and marries multple wives and propagates his genes to next generation. For other who dont have any qualities, their genes perishes. Yes this is example is vey much related to risk because two basic requirement of any species in animal kingdom is surivial and reproduction. Though we cant compare human and other animals point to point there is a good analogy for risk factor.
Maga...all males of that species take risk to attract the female. But the female makes the choice about whom to breed with. Its no way related to the risks that you are talking about. Your analogy is just incoherent. I will just leave it at that.
Lets say someone offers you a million dollars to handle a Tiger, whould you be willing to perform the risky job without complaining? I guess no because handling a Tiger can take your life and you are not "good" at handling Tigers nor you have prior experience.
Now if the same offer is made to say Dave Salmoni or John Varty (read my blog entry on Tigers to know who they are), they might be able to do it because they have the talent, the experience and Tigers are their passion!
Same goes for people who drive F1 cars. They are not normal people, they are talented and passionate people who just happen to be in a risky profession. If all people would be able to drive F1 cars (or in your words choose to take risks), F1 cars wont be a novelty and we all would end up driving F1 cars.
I dont think your F1 analogy has anything to do with risks as such and I dont think you can take risks just because you want to. There are circumstances were you need to take risks and circumstances where you need to avoid. Basically you have to be sane, intelligent and make informed decisions to take risks and not just "take it".
>>If you look at the animal kingdom, the leader in the group put its life to threat and hunts it pray. That increases its attractivness in group and he becomes the leader.
Can you give an example for this?
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a programmer job.
These kind of jobs which looks scary are LERNABLE if you want to. The
decision you have to make is terms of whether you want to learn new
things or not.
I am not encouraging you to take a blind risk. That is utter foolishness.
But the first step starts with you attitude to take risk. Your instincts
will guide you how to go about it.
If you want a proof of what I am talking read
"Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill"
there are millins of REAL life illustrations.
I dont recall the name of the bird, but there is one bird with long tail
which inspite of the danger of being caught and eaten by hwak, does some
complex dancing in air.
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As for the bird that you are talking about, I am pretty sure its a male bird trying to entice the female and its a part of its nature which we cannot understand "yet". I am sure all male birds (of that species) do the same. That doesnt make them leaders among the group as your original post suggests, at best the male would be able to breed with the female and thats the end. There are many more examples for this like the Salmon spawning, male Impalas fighting for females and getting killed in the process etc. And its no way related to the risks that we are talking about.
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It was an anology to illustrate that risk taking attitude is attractive.
Of course I am suggesting you to take risk in your own profession, because
that attitude is attractive no matter which profession you are in.
Yes in the bird example its a process in mating. The do that in order
to increase their attractiveness to female. Those who take risk and survive
their genes will be propagated to next generation. Those who dont take
risk their genes will preish. In you compare to times of kings, it can be
compared to king who takes risks and marries multple wives and propagates
his genes to next generation. For other who dont have any qualities,
their genes perishes. Yes this is example is vey much related to risk because two basic requirement of any species in animal kingdom is surivial
and reproduction. Though we cant compare human and other animals point to
point there is a good analogy for risk factor.
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demonstrates higher STATUS in society. Females makes their
decison based on status.
My anologies are to support this fact.
Again read
Mating Minds by Miller.
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THINK ABOUT IT!
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"The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller"
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