Why is It a Bad Thing to Have a Minimal Desire to Take Calculated Risks?

[Shiningtempest]

I am asking this question because I'm struggling to know why having little to no desire to take calculated risks are a bad thing. I have minimal desire to take calculated risks because I get more pleasure from prioritizing stability & security. Holding everything else equal, I'd rather play safe than take calculated risks.

[Chayce]

No risk no reward. Great things never happened by being timid.

[Shiningtempest]

@Chayce I don't care about great things. All that matters to me are minimizing the need to take risk to maximize my happiness.

[Chayce]

That’s fine.

[jamesgoldman]

It's not other than the boredom

[Shiningtempest]

@jamesgoldman I value happiness & pleasure I get from taking minimal risk. Thus, I have minimal need to take risk.

[jamesgoldman]

I used to be like that, stuck in a rut not amounting to much then I learned about risk from a very wealthy couple of friends and took chances and made good money

[Shiningtempest]

@jamesgoldman I'll be content not taking chances because it interferes with my goal of low-risk, high reward lifestyle.

[jamesgoldman]

Don't get the rewards without the risk... everyone I know is in business so takes risks and they get the rewards, the safe wage slaves tend to end up with little to show for their efforts

[Shiningtempest]

@jamesgoldman When I talk about low-risk, high reward lifestyle, I am referring to maximizing happiness by minimizing the need to taking risks (e. g. calculated risk).

[jamesgoldman]

Yeah calculated risk makes sense, uncalculated risk is watching people throw money away on the lottery