THOUGHTS ABOUT CREATIVE RISKING

THOUGHTS ABOUT CREATIVE RISK TAKING – nothing ventured nothing gained For any risk taker there is a cost for taking that risk. What a risk taker strives to achieve is a reward for taking that risk; he or she expects the reward to be greater than the cost for taking the risk. When a risk taker has the total cost of the risk in hand, meaning he or she already has the cash needed to take the risk, such a person is beginning with a distinct advantage. It doesn't make for a certain reward but the cost is kept to a minimum. When a risk taker has others, say a bank, cover part of the cost he or she begins with an obvious disadvantage. The accrued debt eats into the expected risk-reward and makes reward difficult if not impossible. Since my retirement I continue to work as a professional actor and independent writer/publisher. As any creative artist knows, art making cost money; the ability to keep making art depends on the rewards received from consumers of his or her art. For me it's been a life on the edge. amazon.com/dp/0983947724