#risk-taking

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We avoid risks in life only to die, and end up facing the greatest risk which is having lived life risking nothing at all.

Chinonye J. Chidolue

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Feeding wild animals, as we know, is the quickest path to conflict. The promise of food motivates normally human-shy animals to take a risk. The risk-taking is rewarded, and the behavior escalates. Shyness becomes fearlessness, and fearlessness becomes aggression. If you don’t hand over the food you’re carrying, the monkey will grab it.

Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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Positive Thrill-Seeking: Satisfying Your Need for Excitement in Healthy Ways

Positive thrill-seeking is a way to get our “dose of excitement” without the dangerous and unnecessary risks that often come with others forms of thrill-seeking like gambling or drug abuse.

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When children are involved in the process of cooking - from the procuring, to the prepping, to the preparing and then the waiting...the final part of tasting even the most unfamiliar of foods becomes just another step in their learning about themselves. This week, we embarked on what will be a regular part of our week. The children collaborated and cooperated to make a Vegetable and Lentil soup. We cooked potatoes from our farm, carrots and celery, and brown lentils in a vegetable broth. We added garlic and thyme. Most students had not heard about or seen lentils before, let alone taste lentils! It was interesting to observe who tried the soup at once, who carefully picked the familiar (carrots and potatoes) out and who tasted just the broth.  Some even asked for seconds.That they tried something new and unfamiliar is what is most important and worth celebrating! 

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I've embarrassed myself more times than I can count throughout my life. It's never a pleasant experience. However, it almost always leads me to some form of self-acceptance and self-improvement. It often means I took a risk, tried something new, and learned something.

Steven Handel, The Emotion Machine: Psychology and Self Improvement in the 21st Century

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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

Theodore Roosevelt 

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The Psychology of Awe: Why You Should Seek More Mind-Bending Experiences

New research shows the benefits of experiencing "awe," an overwhelming feeling of amazement for something that is grand, special, or unique. Are you getting your fill of this under-appreciated emotion? 

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Here’s an awesome list of "awe" experiences: 

Star-gazing 

Art galleries 

Museums 

Nature hikes 

Rollercoasters 

Skydiving 

Planetariums 

Orchestra performances 

Air shows 

Circuses 

Traveling to new country 

Magic shows 

Psychedelics 

Butterfly gardens 

Scuba diving

Mountain views

New-born babies

Ocean views

Professional athletes

Olympics

Sex with someone you love

Completing a difficult puzzle

Epic video games

Horse riding

Theme parks / Disney World

Kite surfing

There are lots of possibilities to choose from! Now go get your dose of “awe!”