Friday, November 24, 2006

Risk aversion

I realized that I have been so risk averse in life. An example to illustrate this - I cut my losses when I lost 2 $ in a slot machine in a Casino whose entry fees was probably 10$!!!! I wonder whether risk aversion is a genetic/upbringing thing or a huge deficiency in self confidence. Or is it lack of ambition?

My upbringing has been so conservative in terms of financial risks and thoughts, that probably the idea of taking up an MBA itself was quite a daring thing. When we were coming for the MBA, everyone thought we were taking very big risks; we always wondered where the risk was! So …. What do we want to take away from all this? Will I ever have the balls to become an entrepreneur some day?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you ask the same questions i do my friend.