2 Timothy 1:7 “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.”
Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
2 Kings 7:4 “We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we would have died anyway.”
Matthew 25:22-26 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?”
It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even . Yes, If you don’t risk anything, you risk everything.
Business, like life, is about taking risks. Risks are critical to advancement. Without trying new things, taking risks, everything stagnates.
Evolution is continuous risk-taking – some things work and advance. Others don’t and fail.
In business, taking risks means trying new ways of doing things – whether small things like processes in your business or big things, like completely new businesses.
Imagine where we’d be today without the inventions of the past century.
Of course, risk-taking can be dangerous – especially for small businesses – and so needs to be managed.
Look carefully at what you’re planning to do. Understand the potential impact on your business (or you, personally) in terms of worst-case and best-case scenarios. Look at what mitigation strategies you have, or can develop, to use in the event things move more towards the worst-case scenario.
And different people, and businesses, have different levels of tolerance to risk – factors which need to be borne in mind when taking risks. So, include this in your planning.
Are you thinking continuously about how you can improve your business offering, or even about disrupting your current business completely by, in effect, replacing it with a completely new one?
Without taking risks, your business will eventually wither and die – “if you don’t risk anything, you risk everything.”
Everything in this life is a risk. You are given only two options. Take the risk and expect results or don’t take a risk and expect nothing. Stop procrastinating! God uses people who are willing to get out of their comfort zone. He uses people who are willing to take risks. What risk are you facing?
Take the risk or lose the chance.”
“If you want it, go for it. Take a risk. Don’t always play it safe or you’ll die wondering.”
“Great things never came from comfort zones.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 “Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return. Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap. As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.”
1 Chronicles 28:20 “Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.”
Job 42:2 “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
Judges 6:15-16 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family. The LORD answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”
Bishop Duke
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