In its every aspect, life has trade-offs. Hence whenever one makes any decision, it is highly probable that the decision will contain both negative and positive aspects to it. Therefore taking risks and planning carefully approaches to life both has its advantages and disadvantages as well. The success one will achieve will be highly affected by the consequent effects of both approaches. Then of course the ultimate question is which one has the most effect to success and which one a person should choose to conduct when he/she is making a decision to be succesful. It’s most helpful if we analyze both. The best advantage of taking risks is that you minimize your chance of missing profitable opportunities.
Because in life, most of the profitable opportunities require a fast decision process and an investment of a considerable size. Since taking risks involve both a fast decision process and a huge level of skin in the game, it seems to have a big advantage over planning carefully in that sense. Because planning carefully means one will take his time as opposed to acting fast, and mostly will be cautious about certain dangers. Hence if one desires to hit it big, it would be best to take risks. On the other hand, there is a reason why it’s called a risk. There is the huge possibility of a making mistakes and be prone to considerable losses. The advantage of planning carefully seems evident in this aspect. If one plans carefully, he will minimize the chance of making a mistake. Therefore in a way, will increase his chances of success. So which one is the best approach to life? Taking risks, planning carefully or maybe both in moderation. I believe the answer to this question rests upon what type of a person one is.
There are some people who wants a steady life, a moderate success, an order and peace. It is logical and best way for this type of people to plan carefully. They may not be hugely successful and miss some once in a life time opportunities but in the end, it is highly likely that they will have moderate success and be happy with their life. On the other hand, there are those people who are dreamers, who want to make it big, who desires to go for it all or go home and who will not be contend with the moderate success. I think it’s best for these people to take risks, because they would probably hate themselves for the rest of their life for not taking the chance when life presented it. To sum up, one should sort out his priorities and his view on life to determine which is the better approach to success.