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So, whistle and sing happy tunes to yourself for a few
minutes every day and watch your life transform for the
better.
8. Take Smart Risks
Dealing with risks is crucial for anyone who wants to
be confident, happy, and engaged with life. ”To grow,
we need to experience challenges, whether we‘
re 4, 14, or
40,” says Dr. Michael Ungar, a professor at the School of
Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova
Scotia. In his book Too Safe for Their Own Good, he
warns that today‘s society has become risk-averse. ”By
bubble-wrapping our lives,” says Dr. Ungar, ”
we are
taking away opportunities to experience the building
blocks of growth—which may be the biggest risk of all.”
There are a lot of things that can hold us back: fear,
self-doubt, or just not knowing where to start. It's easy to
get bogged down in those feelings and let them keep us
from trying new things.
In 2020, I spoke to a room packed full of engineers at
The Venetian, the biggest hotel in Las Vegas. The topic
was Risk and Rapport by Design, a speech about
rallying and inspiring customers and employees.
Marcus, a man in his mid-forties, is sitting in the
second row. I ask him if he believes he can go out into
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