By avoiding risk, are you also avoiding your life's full potential? Join acclaimed neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson as he explores the life-changing power of taking the risk, even if you're afraid.

In our risk-avoidant culture, we place a high premium on safety. We insure our vacations. We check crash tests on cars. We extend the warranties on our appliances. But by insulating ourselves from the unknown--the natural risks of life--we miss the great adventure of living our lives to their fullest potential.

Dr. Ben Carson spent his childhood as an at-risk child on the streets of Detroit, and he took big risks in performing complex surgeries on the brain and the spinal cord. Now, offering inspiring personal examples, Dr. Carson invites us to embrace risk in our own lives.

In Take the Risk, Dr. Carson examines our safety-at-all-costs culture and the meaning of risk and security in our lives. Take the Risk guides you through an extensive examination of risk, including:

Risk-taking in history
An assessment of the real costs and rewards of risk
Learning how to assess and accept risks
Understanding how risk reveals the purpose of your life

From a man whose life dramatically portrays the connection between great risks and greater successes, the insights Dr. Carson shares in Take the Risk will help you dispel your fear of risk in order to dream big, aim high, move with confidence, and reap the rewards of wise risk-taking.

Praise for Take the Risk:

"Whether you are a world-renowned neurosurgeon, a CEO, or a teacher, this book applies to anyone who ever wondered about the difference between the pacesetters and those who struggle to keep up. It is the pacesetters who Take the Risk, and this book explains when and why to take risks to empower everyone to become a trailblazer rather than a mere spectator. For anyone who wants to rise above mediocrity, this book is a must-read."

--Armstrong Williams, author and radio host, The Armstrong Williams Show

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Publisher

Zondervan

Year

2009

ISBN

9780310315926

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Religion

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
1. Risking Their Lives
2. To Risk or Not to Risk?
3. When Is Risk Worth It?
4. Life Itself Is a Risky Business
5. The Truth about Risk
6. Growing Up “At Risk“
7. My Risky Behavior Nearly Got the Best of Me
8. Risks I Took That Changed My Life Forever
9. Four Simple Questions to Help Assess Any Risk
10. Faith Is a Risk—Whatever You Believe
11. Living Your Faith in an Uncertain World
12. Navigating Professional Risks
13. My Personal Risks in the Face of Death
14. Taking Yourself Out of the Middle of Decisions
15. Parenting Perils?
16. Public Risk (and the Beginning of Some Solutions)
17. Even Bigger Risks
Conclusion: My Prescription in a Dangerous World