Taking a risk, by definition, is hard. A lot of us spend most of our life avoiding risks, under the assumption that it’s the ‘safe’ thing to do.
As Dr Em explains, we have an evolutionary instinct for self-preservation; tendencies to overestimate danger and underestimate our ability to cope; and we often have early childhood experiences and messages around safety that can coalesce into ‘playing it safe’ behaviours.
In this episode, Dr Em reveals that paradoxically, if we spend our whole life avoiding risk, then we are guaranteeing a less engaged, less fulfilling, less ‘lived’ life than we are capable of. That in fact, avoiding risk, is the biggest risk of all.
Dr Em, also offers strategies to guide us in the direction of letting a little more risk into our everyday lives.
To watch this full episode on YouTube, follow this link: https://bit.ly/4dMUP0l
There is a lot mentioned in this episode, find it all below:
???? Previous episodes of The Imperfects
- Tim Minchin – Lucky to be here https://link.chtbl.com/6kCw7ZR0
- Adam Grant – The potential of your potential https://link.chtbl.com/eUA4IJCh
- Gina Chick – Don’t fight life https://link.chtbl.com/Ginachick
- Pat Cummins – Love, loss & Life https://link.chtbl.com/o_uN8l_H
- Martin “Rac” Heppell – The other F word…FAILURE
