Signs That Your Aren’t Risking Enough

One of the toughest moments in life, is when you start-off and you’re excited, but then after a while the spark dies away and you feel like you’re stuck again.

Chalk it up to exhaustion, or being sleep deprived, but there are some clear-cut signs that you’re just not risking enough.

You may be feel stagnated in your current job or startup, and feeling out of place.

Sometimes you get so hooked on the meetings, the plans and the execution that you forget to look at the bigger picture and see if you’re really taking big risks in life.

Growth can be a good thing, but stagnation isn’t. When looking at avenues of growth, don’t be restricted to being satisfied with what you have. Venture outwards and take long introspective walks to determine the best course of action for your life and company.

Become very conscious about the process as you really think about where you want to be in 5-10 years. Is it where you are right now? If the answer is no – then you need to make a lot of changes in your life today!

Here are some sure shot ways of knowing whether you’re not taking enough risks –

1. You hit every goal, every month

This might be a good problem to have according to some entrepreneurs, but for many its not. It’s a feeling of feeling stuck in the same rut over and over again and not seeing any exponential growth. When the same clients offer the same work for long durations of time, it’s a time to try something different. The perfect time to start is when you are consistently hitting every goal that you set out to achieve.

How to risk more

If you’re stretching out your goals further, then you might benefit from parallel thinking. E.g. if your medical practise sees 100 patients a week and you want to explore other opportunities, then you should take the insights that your patients give you and do something about it. Start another medical centre or treatment protocol and diversify your income sources. Get some flexible goals when setting up and expanding and create an independent business unit or a new facility in another country. The world is your oyster and its waiting for you to explore!

2. There is no right-hand-man

When you don’t have a #2 guy or a CEO that can run your business for you, then it's time to rethink your strategy.

Time is your most valuable asset and if running tiny details in your business is taking a lot of your time, then you might benefit from hiring a qualified CEO or manager to take over. You can hire someone who believes in your vision, and someone who is as hardworking as you are.

Pay them higher than the competition and keep his productivity level up by creating a positive company culture.

How to risk more

Look at where you want to be today, and whether you’ve reached the goals that you had set out for yourself. If you haven’t then the case might very well be that you are still on your way to glory. You should aim bigger and try to catch bigger clients or a customer from a diverse background. If you swing and miss, then try again.

Try until you can make it a habit to swing big.

Start with an audit of all the things that are keeping you busy.

Think about whether outsourcing those activities is a better use of your time, and visualize where you can be if you didn’t have to work 24/7. If your heart truly wants to be in the game but from an overarching level – then hire a good #2 for your company.

Delegation feels great and is a great way to keep things going at an optimal level.

#3 You’re aren’t growing into an industry leader –

If you love the industry that you’re participating in, then why aren’t you the industry leader yet?

Have you tried and failed, or have you performed at peak levels but not scaled up successfully?

Your mind could be trying to tell you that it's time to take big risks and go for gold.

In a world where you have all the tools of content marketing in the palm of your hand, you should be a thought leader in your space. Start now!

How to risk more

Take time to outline the dimensions of your brand.

Start with an audit of how you want your brand to be, and then posting content frequently or hiring a great team of writers to product ongoing content for you.

Establish yourself as a thought leader and taking big leaps into marketing your own brand is the best way to move forward.

Aim for speaking gigs, events and conferences that hire thought leaders as well.

#4 Nothing is keeping you awake at night –

From a metaphorical stand-point, if everything is OK then nothing is OK.

Life has its ups and downs and when we simply give up on our dreams we don’t have anything to keep us alive. When you don’t feel that drive to explore a new idea, or a new market you need to light up a new dream in your heart.

If you’re in your comfort-zone and you’re not fully satisfied about it – venture outside of it.

How to risk more

Visualize a big dream for yourself or your business and go wholeheartedly to try to achieve it.

Try to keep a positive outlook towards life and hit the objective with all you have.

Whether its 10xing your revenue or growing to 20 clients, think about a big goal in life and try with all your might to achieve it.

You may need to hire more staff, take bigger leaps or make some uncomfortable calls. But when you’re ready, you’ll know that it was the right decision to make!

Conclusion

The comfort zone may be golden shackles that you tie upon yourself and breaking out of it is the first step to risking more in life.

We are talking about becoming what you’ve always wanted to become and explore all options before you call it quits.