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    <body><![CDATA[     This is the best book for you to read if you have a hard time taking risks. This book is sort of a Bibliography and it also teaches the reader about life. This book is great for young people because they have not yet exspereanced the hardships of life. <u>Take The Risk</u> by Ben Carlson is the be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37107361">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;odds that you will die at some point in your life: 1 in 1. thus, you might say the greatest, most significant, and universal risk factor in death is being born. this implies that it really isn't very helpful to approach the subject of risk by focusing on how we might die; rather, it's far wise...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26776706">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a powerful book that really discusses risk thoroughly, both on personal and social levels. Dr. Carson's basic theme is the B/WA, or Best/Worst Analysis, which is a tool he uses to determine whether or not a risk is worth taking. The B/WA tool asks four questions: <br/><br/>-What is the BES...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17966700">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is absolutely one the best books on risk you will ever read.  Dr. Carson is a world famous brain surgeon that had very humble beginnings in the slums of Detroit.  Raised by an illiterate mother, when his grades started to fall, she made Ben and his brother read two books a week and give her the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26603366">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish this book was about 1/4 as long. The valuable information I got from this:<br/>As a hesitant risk-taker who usually thinks of most risk taking like blindly jumping off a cliff, I liked his analysis of risk taking: to consider the best/worst case scenarios of taking/not taking a risk and then...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22049075">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is really an autobiography under a misleading title. Dr. Carson is a very accomplished surgeon who definitely had to overcome a lot. So if you want to learn about his life this book might be of interest. However, IMO, it does not help in &quot;learning to identify, choose and live with risk&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14034576">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The books of Ben Carson are mainly interesting to me because of their power of motivation. I particularly liked this one because of its subject: taking risks and living your life at the maximum potential. I guess I need to be reminded of that every now and then. What positively surprised me here was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62140617">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  This book is written to encourage people to stick their neck out and not be so much pack animals.<br/>  I enjoyed most the points that were made about how society seems to distort risk evaluation and how the legal system has corrupted the risk of the free market.<br/>  There is a little too much...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19651303">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was at first disappointed with the book because much of the beginning is similar to &quot;Gifted Hands&quot; and I had just read it.  As one gets through the first half though, there is additional great material.  I admire his courage to speak out for his beliefs and unpopular political views whic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14261621">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had the fortunate opportunity to meet Dr. Carson Monday night at a VIP fundraising event.  He then gave a very motivational speech Tuesday morning at Nationals Stadium.  He was kind enough to give me a copy of his book and if it's written half as well as he speaks, I'm sure it will make for a good...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33320760">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[His approach to making important and everyday choices has influenced me.  I've used his decision making (Best if do and worst if do, best if don't, worst if don't) plan with my kids and it works to get the melodrama put in it's place so a decision can be made.]]></body>
    
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