Risk? What risk?
We are all risk-takers simply by being alive. Every decision we make, every action we take, is fraught with risk and consequence. You assume getting out of bed is risk-free? That’s your first mistake, bucko. Your second is stepping on the cat when your feet expected the floor. Your third is reflexively jerking your leg up and ramming your knee into the night table. Your fourth is screaming an expletive-filled expletive which prompts the cat to screech and attack. Here it is, 6:00 a.m. and you have been awake all of 15 seconds. Already you have a throbbing knee, an angry cat, and deep vertical scratches on your thigh. Don’t be fooled, my friend. Risk is omnipresent.
Risk implies a potential for threat. Risk mitigation can help, but this requires thoughtful planning to help manage, limit, or eliminate conceivable setbacks as much as possible. It demands awareness. Forethought and a reasonable understanding (more…)
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common threads #17: risk-taking
Posted: March 18, 2025 in Humorous Bits, Observations and CommentaryTags: Common Threads, humor, humour, risk
Risk? What risk?
We are all risk-takers simply by being alive. Every decision we make, every action we take, is fraught with risk and consequence. You assume getting out of bed is risk-free? That’s your first mistake, bucko. Your second is stepping on the cat when your feet expected the floor. Your third is reflexively jerking your leg up and ramming your knee into the night table. Your fourth is screaming an expletive-filled expletive which prompts the cat to screech and attack. Here it is, 6:00 a.m. and you have been awake all of 15 seconds. Already you have a throbbing knee, an angry cat, and deep vertical scratches on your thigh. Don’t be fooled, my friend. Risk is omnipresent.
Risk implies a potential for threat. Risk mitigation can help, but this requires thoughtful planning to help manage, limit, or eliminate conceivable setbacks as much as possible. It demands awareness. Forethought and a reasonable understanding (more…)