Calculated Risk is the Pathway to Achieve Goals

If you are looking for a step-by-step article or course, including positive thinking or advice on keeping our heads down and working "hard," this is not the post for you because the truth is that there is no easy way to achieve our goals. There is no guarantee that we will achieve our goals. We can only take calculated risks to have a chance at achieving our goals.

When we venture outside our comfort zone and try something new, we open ourselves to fresh challenges, ideas, people, and experiences that help us learn new skills and boost our self-confidence. Those who want to shift careers or take on new responsibilities at work may find this to be of particular importance.

Meeting new people, taking on new projects, using innovative technology, or updating our resumes and LinkedIn profiles to set ourselves up for new opportunities all involve some level of risk, and it's the risk that keeps us from complicity. "Complacency leads us to mediocrity and steals our potential."?Jeff Simmons?President & CEO of Elanco.

Taking calculated risks leads to increased self-confidence. Only by doing this differently and taking calculated risks are we exposed to new people, ideas, and approaches, inspiring our creative thinking and leading to problem-solving. The more problems we solve and the more accomplishments we achieve, the more our self-confidence grows. Even if we fail, we learn something, and that learning elevates our awareness, and awareness is necessary for self-confidence.

Learning and testing new theories are also crucial for personal and professional achievement. When we solely rely on the tried and not-so-true, we become complacent. When we lose our confidence, we spiral downward. Taking calculated risks leads to personal growth, professional advancement, increased self-confidence, and increased creativity, even if they don't work out as planned or hoped.

As the founder of?Opusuna?I know firsthand that Opusuna is a way to understand, value, and present ourselves. Opusuna identifies our value by measuring how we collaborate; which applies not only to teams but also to our personal lives as parents, family members, friends, neighbors, volunteers, etc. Opusuna is an award-winning assessment and team-building strategy that measures collaboration without limitations.

So if we haven't worked on a high-level professional team, it doesn't mean we don't have high-level value or aren't "team players." We gain experience through the contributions we make to our communities and families or friends, and that's 100% transferable and must be equally valued and recognized first by ourselves and then by others.