Playing it Safe .. Are You?
No one ever achieved greatness by "Playing it Safe" - Harry Gray
Few years earlier – I was frustrated - things at work and life were not moving as I was expecting but sooner I realized that it was all because “I was mostly playing it safe” and this thought struck my mind “Our best work only comes from bold decisions rather than playing it safe”.
In order to be the best and to keep getting better, we have to take some bold decisions in life or at work not because we have to, but because we got to. Be it our survival-instinct that drives us.
At some point in our career we all go through some tough times at work, when our job is at stake or we feel there is no career growth. Be it work or community we live in, just look around and you will find at-least half a dozen of reasons to feel afraid, “Play it Safe” and hope for the best. In the culture that prevails in our service industry (like IT) that breeds anxiety and urges caution, many are doing just that – “Playing it Safe”
Just imagine what would be the future of our IT industry if we always try to play it safe? It could be to save our name or position in the industry or sometimes even for the fear of losing job. Yet the Industries/People, who are NOT afraid to take bold decisions, handle their challenges better, adapt to change faster and seize opportunities with those in their head to take first difficult step towards the next big challenge and achieve success.
This contributes a lot towards the growth of any industry or success to any project.
The problem is "We try to estimate the size of risks and under-estimate our ability to handle them." Accordingly, our choices are often driven more by a fear of what we don’t want, than a commitment to what we want to do. But if we take the words of Andy Andrews – that “First we make a choice. Then our choices make us.” then we have to begin making more courageous choices – to take more risks and to step beyond the borders of our comfort zone more often because,
“Our best work only comes from bold decisions rather than playing it safe”.
In order to be the best and to keep getting better, we have to take some bold decisions in life or at work not because we have to, but because we got to. Be it our survival-instinct that drives us.
At some point in our career we all go through some tough times at work, when our job is at stake or we feel there is no career growth. Be it work or community we live in, just look around and you will find at-least half a dozen of reasons to feel afraid, “Play it Safe” and hope for the best. In the culture that prevails in our service industry (like IT) that breeds anxiety and urges caution, many are doing just that – “Playing it Safe”
Just imagine what would be the future of our IT industry if we always try to play it safe? It could be to save our name or position in the industry or sometimes even for the fear of losing job. Yet the Industries/People, who are NOT afraid to take bold decisions, handle their challenges better, adapt to change faster and seize opportunities with those in their head to take first difficult step towards the next big challenge and achieve success.
This contributes a lot towards the growth of any industry or success to any project.
The problem is "We try to estimate the size of risks and under-estimate our ability to handle them." Accordingly, our choices are often driven more by a fear of what we don’t want, than a commitment to what we want to do. But if we take the words of Andy Andrews – that “First we make a choice. Then our choices make us.” then we have to begin making more courageous choices – to take more risks and to step beyond the borders of our comfort zone more often because,
“Our best work only comes from bold decisions rather than playing it safe”.
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