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by dakial1 848 days ago
You are describing me perfectly.

One of the main things holding me back in life is this fear of taking risks (which translates into a lot of things, like procrastination)

I'm great at mapping project risks though. So there is that. :)

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I agree, and I think these are really easy to munge (and I've munged them)

1) your ability to perceive risk that is there to be perceived and act accordingly.

2) your ability to operate in places where you are not able to make risk-based decisions and you have to just "go for it"

I am very good at #1 and it has been a handicap in navigating #2 because I keep searching for a "risk model" where one isn't available.

That was the thing I've learned to overcome somewhat, as mentioned in the post you replied to.