Mottoes

An entrepreneur says “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” A bureaucrat says “Nothing ventured, nothing lost.”

Which are you? What risks are you willing to take, and what risks are you not willing to take?

It is said that happy children, beause they are optimistic about their abilities and the risks that they take, climb too high in trees, swim out too far, run too soon into streets, and therefore die more often than the scared and unhappy little ones, who tend to stay at home hiding under the blankets crying.

Which child were you, and which child would you like to have been? As an adult, do you overestimate your capabilities, and does that get you into similar, if not as life-threatening, trouble?