In our experience, most folks, including ourselves don’t have enough of an understanding of risk and the role it plays in our lives and careers and so we have made a concerted effort as a team to have conversations about risk with our interviewees. We’ve shared some highlights below.

Joedecy Sharp | Musician

“Risk” Is an action that can be benefiting. I take many risk involving my life and music. Intuition plays the biggest role you wouldn’t know until you was put into that situation. It’s shows from a different perspective. Read more>>

Tomas Villarreal | Owner of Mingo’s Latin Kitchen

When I decided to start Mingo’s Latin Kitchen, I was in the process of changing my career path from banking/lending to a kitchen role. Financially it was a risk to save money and also borrow money to purchase my food truck. Career wise I never thought that I would fail but I did always have a Plan B, if the food truck business did not work out then I could always go back to banking/lending due to my over 10 years of experience. Read more>>

Dajana Abrams | Laser Teeth Whitening Specialist & Certified Personal Trainer

I think risk taking is a major key in just life in general. To see the changes you desire, you must be able to step out of your comfort zone and know that you can bring the things you envision to life. For me personally, making the move from my hometown Shreveport, Louisiana to Houston almost two years ago was one of my biggest risks. Read more>>

Shadi Harati | Express Carwash operator/Carwash G.O.A.T

Many family & friends thought I was taking a big risk moving from a stable business & Country in Canada. However, if I wanted to take my business to the next level I needed to risk that by moving to Houston. In order to minimize the risk, I did thousands of hours of research in the carwash industry & studying the city of Houston. Read more>>

Zachary Dockal | Photographer, Actor, & Filmmaker

Taking risks is the key to success. I believe that God made us all capable to handle anything life throws at us. Betting on yourself is the scariest thing you will ever do, but at the same time it’s what you have to do in order to achieve your goals. Read more>>

Nia Crawford | Realtor & Mentor

Risks are a must! The life I live and the life I am building are all due to risk with a foundation based on faith. Being afraid to take risk will be that factor that determines if one will be limited or limitless. I’ve been testing limits since I was two! If asked to describe my best character traits, risk taker is definitely within the top three. Read more>>

Chris Collier | Co-Founder & Managing Partner- Amass Solutions

It is cliché but without risk there is no reward. I spent a lot of time hiding away from risk in the early days of my career. I was looking for a safety net. I wanted security and professional growth, and I felt entitled to it. When you are working for someone else it is very transactional- I give you my time and loyalty, and you give me a career path that should theoretically be rewarding and soul filling. In my experience, however, I never got the latter part of that bargain. Read more>>