The hallmark of an entrepreneur is that they take risks… while not necessarily for the faint of heart, some risks can be calculated but mostly we run on gut feelings.

One of the things I learned early in life is to run towards risk.  I believe that you have choices and the decisions you make will impact the results you get… only makes sense if you think about it.  A lot of people fail to make decisions, mostly because they are uncomfortable with the risk, or possible results.  People are afraid of success as much as they are afraid of failure!

But if you don’t try, how will you know?  Failure is one of the best teachers in business… something you can’t learn in school.  But with each failure, we must take out the learnings and use them to make us better decision makers as we go forward.

When you run towards risk, you may fail… but if you are persistent, you’ll eventually find a way to get around the big brick wall that you just hit.  Sometimes all you need is a fresh perspective or just some time to think about the challenge ahead.

Success is a beautiful thing… realizing a dream or a goal is one of the best feelings in the world.  But, you won’t enjoy this if you don’t run towards risk.