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part-time basis. He planned to start making furniture on nights and weekends in
his garage. He already had much of what he would need to get the business
started, but he would need to invest a little money for new materials. Overall, he
felt confident he could start the business with relatively little investment cost.
Initially he wouldn’t have a storefront—he’d sell his furniture online and through
the newspaper. If there was a lot of interest in his furniture, he’d consider
opening a storefront at a later date, and perhaps he’d even be able to quit his job
as a teacher altogether.

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Dale’s mood showed marked improvement as soon as he began thinking about
turning his dream into a reality. After a few more therapy sessions, Dale
appeared to continue doing better as he worked toward his goals. We scheduled
one further appointment a month down the road just to make sure his mood
remained stable. When he returned, he told me something quite interesting—not
only had he started to make furniture for his business, but he was actually
enjoying teaching shop class more than he ever had before. He said that the
prospect of opening his own business seemed to spark his passion for teaching
shop again. He planned to continue building furniture part-time but was no
longer convinced he wanted to quit teaching. Instead, he was excited to teach his
students the new things he was learning from his furniture business.
RISK AVERSION
We face many risks in our lives—financial, physical, emotional, social, and
business risks to name a few, but often people avoid taking the risks that could
help them reach their full potential because they’re afraid. Do you respond
positively to any of the points below?
You struggle to make important decisions in your life.
You spend a lot of time daydreaming about what you’d like to do, but you
don’t take any action.
Sometimes you impulsively make a decision because thinking about the
decision is just too anxiety provoking.
You often think you could be doing a lot more adventurous and exciting
things in life, but your fear holds you back.
When you think about taking a risk, you usually only imagine the worst-case
scenario and choose not to take the chance.
You sometimes allow other people to make decisions for you so you don’t
have to make them.

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You avoid risks in at least some areas of your life—social, financial, or
physical—because you’re afraid.
You base decisions on your level of fear. If you’re a little afraid, you might
do something. But, if you feel really afraid, you decide taking the risk is
unwise.
You think that outcomes are largely dependent on luck.
A lack of knowledge about how to calculate risk leads to increased fear. And
fearing risk often leads to avoidance. But there are steps you can take to increase
your ability to calculate risk accurately, and with practice, your risk-taking skills
can improve.