With any creative endeavor one is completely exposed. I was working a full time commercial real estate job, and was completely burnt out, in addition to ignoring my health. However, when the pandemic hit, this was a turning point for me in my risk-taking efforts. I lived most of my life being risk adverse, taking a bunch of cautionary steps to avoid failure as a symptom of my perfectionism. Life is about taking risks, and if we don’t take the risk, we live in fear and regret. While I was still employed at my previous job, I had moved to a studio that was much more affordable for my budget and customizable to fit my liking. I had a decent schedule of clients that wasn’t not very consistent throughout the months, very little profit coming into my pockets, and had no guarantee I would be able to keep the business afloat without my second income. One of the biggest risks I have taken so far in my career was quitting my full time job with no back up plan. I had the safety net of knowing I could move back to Virginia if things didn’t work out for me in Los Angeles, but the plan was to make it work in Los Angeles however I could. I had a little bit of money saved up to get me on my feet once in Los Angeles, but I didn’t have any job prospects or even a real plan to find a job I wanted. The only person I knew in California was my buddy, who I was moving to California with. I moved to Los Angeles from Virginia when I was 20 years old. I moved to Los Angeles from New York where I had a career in fashion. There could be risk in moving to a new city, taking a new job, getting married, or starting a business. We never know how anything is going to work out no matter what we do. I often think that life is a risk generally speaking. The decades of my adulthood have been nothing more than a continuous path of risk-taking in both business and personal ventures with each one bringing trials, rewards, and lessons learned. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” These two sentences speak the utmost truth in life. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. I would sometimes stay up till 3am because it was that therapeutic for me and it was sort of an escape. It sounded so stupid to me at the time because why would I want to provide a service if no one can go to events? I was 13 years old when I found my love for makeup. In the midst of multiple COVID-19 lockdowns, I decided to start my own makeup business. As a child I suffered from insomnia and a fear of sleeping away from my home, which limited my childhood experience in terms of sleepovers, school trips, or sleep-away camps. My parents divorced when I was just 6 years old and I lived with my mom visiting my dad every other weekend. I feel like my entire journey thus far has been about taking risks… I was born and grew up in Warsaw, Poland. To be honest, I learned to hate it, and I often wondered if I had what it took to keep going. They were 4 hours each, and I was singing 100% covers. I built a name for myself by playing 225 shows in my first year (2021). I already was broke coming out of college, so I decided to become a musician? Lol. I sort of took two major risks early on in my career. I was very nervous because of the massive stage and looking out and seeing a sea of people. It was at Fenway Park in Boston and I was with Illtown Sluggaz because they were opening for New Kids on the Block. My first and biggest risk would have to be the first time I shot at a stadium concert. Read more> Eric ElfstromĮvery day I try to take a risk with whatever I’m in the process of creating. I had no financial backing, missed the cutoff for loans so I took the risk to ask a family friend to lend me just enough to attend 1 semester. Growing up performing in bands & musical theatre productions I made the choice to commit full time in high school earning me a spot at Berklee college of music (where I really just wanted to meet like minded musicians to collaborate with). Zac Barnettįrom a young age I knew I wanted to be some sort of musician. We asked some brilliant entrepreneurs, artists, creatives, and leaders to tell us those stories – the stories of the risks they’ve taken, and we’ve shared them with you below. Too often, due to a societal expectation of modesty and humility we are discouraged from talking about the risks we’ve taken that led to those ups and downs – because often those risks draw attention to how we are responsible for the outcomes – positive or negative. Getting a life-threatening medical diagnosis, beating it and getting a clean bill of health. The chapters in our stories are often marked by wins and losses.
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