Taking risk is part of nature and it can get you a lot that you can’t get when you don’t take those risks. Whether gambling, trading, starting up a business, everything involves taking risk and those that take the highest risks are those that possibly get the big wins. It’s proportional though, the more the risk the more gain and also the lesser the risk, the lesser the gain you’ll incur from what you wish to achieve from that. The only thing that will keep you in a good position and continue to strive well is when you know the amount of risk you can take, don’t go beyond it and make sure your use proper risk management in anything you decide to do.