Take Risk and Find the Fire Again

 

I am excited to introduce a guest post written by Scott Mautz, the author of Find Your Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration – and Make Work Exciting Again. Enjoy! – Chip

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When my daughter was younger and we headed to the playground together, my first thought didn’t go to the lack of risk found there. In fact, taking her to the playground felt like enough risk by itself.

Through the last several years, though, researchers and more keen observers have brought to light a new phenomenon: risk-avers...