Lesson 19: Changing Your View Of Your World: Slide  27

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Taking Risks Or Daring To Relapse

  • The word “risk” derives from the early Italian risicare, which means to “dare”
  • In this sense risk is a choice rather than a fate
  • The actions we dare to take depend on how free we perceive ourselves to make certain choices

Notes:

Pg.7, “Against The Gods The Remarkable Story of Risk,” Peter L. Bernstein, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. , 1996

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