James Donaldson on Mental Health – 2 More Benefits of Taking Risks

Risk taking is not a negative activity. It is not about trying to put yourself in situations where your health or your money are at risk. Instead, risk taking must be viewed as a positive activity. Furthermore, risk taking must also be viewed as a necessary activity, one that conveys positive benefits on those who assume the risk. After all, if you never try to succeed, you can never hope to succeed. In other words, when you avoid risk all you do is avoid the chance for success. The bottom line is that risk is beneficial. In this article were going to take a closer look at some of those benefits.

Success Must Be Pursued

 If you want to succeed, you have to work to achieve the goals that make up any positive outcome. No matter what success means to you, it can’t be achieved by sitting back and waiting for it to happen. It will not simply drop into your lap. You need to have a real fire in your belly in order to succeed. This means that you will have to take risks in order to accomplish what you want to accomplish and reap the rewards of those accomplishments. Think about it this way. Risk itself is a bloodhound. Risk pursues success. Risk points the way to success. It shows you the direction that you want to go. Without risk, you can lose the path that leads you to your goals. Without risk, you are lost.

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Taking Risk Changes You

When it comes down to it, fear is the number one thing that kills all chance of success. Oftentimes, this fear is not a fear of failing (although for many people, that is an issue as well). Instead, the fear that holds many people back is actually a fear of success.

Now, being afraid of success seems totally illogical. After all, isn’t achieving success supposed to bring happiness? However, no matter how illogical it may seem, fear of success is a real thing simply because success brings about change. Change is what many people really fear.

There is no need for this fear. Change is good. It opens windows in your life and airs things out. It gives you a new perspective. By taking risks, you bring about this necessary change. When you take a risk, you see that incremental and positive changes in how you act and feel are not frightening. Quite the opposite, they are there to be embraced.

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James Donaldson is a Washington State University graduate (’79). After an outstanding basketball career with WSU, he went on to play professional basketball in the NBA with the Seattle Supersonics, San Diego/L.A. Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, and Utah Jazz. He also played for several teams in the European Leagues in Spain, Italy, and Greece, and he toured with The Harlem Globetrotters to wrap up his career. James was an NBA All-Star in 1988 while playing center for the Dallas Mavericks. In 2006, James was inducted into the Pac-10 Sports Hall of Fame and also the Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2010, James was elected as a board member for the NBA Retired Players Association.

James frequently conducts speaking engagements (motivational, inspirational, educational) for organizations, schools, and youth groups.

In 2010, James was the recipient of the NBA Legends of Basketball ABC Award, awarded for outstanding contributions in Athletics–Business–Community.

He believes in being a role model for success and professionalism to the scores of young people to whom he devotes so much of his time. He currently serves on several boards and committees and is a member of many organizations.

James believes in developing relationships that create a “Win-Win” environment for everyone involved, and in being the best he can be!

For more information about James Donaldson or to request he speak at your event, contact him at:

www.StandingAboveTheCrowd.com
JamesD@StandingAboveTheCrowd.com
1-800-745-3161 (voicemail & fax)

James Donaldson is the author of “Standing Above The Crowd” and “Celebrating Your Gift of Life” and founder of the Your Gift of Life Foundation which focuses on mental health awareness and suicide prevention, especially pertaining to our school aged children and men.

If you’re interested in having James come and speak to your group of young adults, business entrepreneurs, aspiring political and community leaders, and athletic teams, please contact him at jamesd@yourgiftoflife.org and or leave a personal message for him at 1-800-745-3161. Keep up with him and read about how he is reaching out and making a difference in the lives of so many around the world at www.yourgiftoflife.org