The foremost quality that drives an entrepreneur is the risk taking ability. Unfortunately risk has been generally associated with negativity. But there is a tremendous positive side to risk too. It’s that extra risk which makes us grow. Consciously or unconsciously we face risks every day in our lives. We cannot even cross the road without the risk of being hit a vehicle. But this risk doesn’t stop us from crossing the road. Similarly many times we want to achieve something extra-ordinary and great in our lives but then we are unwilling to take that risk which can make it happen. We have heard many times the quote “high risk, high reward!”. It’s so true. There is no security on this earth, there are only opportunities. Deepak Chopra very well associates life and risk to trapeze artists. Let me try illustrate my learning in this article. Risk is like the death defying acts of a trapeze artist. While performing the artists take a risk and let goes of the trapeze before catching onto another. During this act there is a moment when the artist is in mid air without any support. But then they are confident that it’s for a short duration, till they holds something else. Many times in our lives we have to take a risk by letting go of something safe to be able to reach new heights. We can’t hold onto both ends. To achieve something in life we have to let go of something else. That’s the law of nature. The artists may fall down which could even be fatal or make a mess out of their life. If you want to start, you will have to take risk else you will be hanging in the same place. In this aspect an episode in the life of Stephen Hopson is very inspiring. From his article ‘value of humor through adversity’ I learnt that even if we make a mess out of our risk taking nature, there are ways how we can still en-cash it. Finally summing it up, the take home messages are: – To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. – Take a calculative risk and manage that risk by having a safety net underneath. – Challenge the unknown and create seeming difficulties and adversities into opportunities – Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. – Dare to bear Risk as it is sure that, high risk, high reward!  image courtesy: twitter.com/dare_tudelft