The Power of Risk with Author and Skydiver Jim McCormick

Waste No Day: A Plumbing, HVAC, and Electrical Motivational Podcast

In today’s show, we are putting Jim McCormick in your passenger seat to discuss the power of risk. Risk is a concept that we all generally shy away from because it requires vulnerability. Sometimes this vulnerability is physical, like jumping out of a plane or perhaps emotional like expressing your feelings. Either way, we typically look to avoid risk. However, we also choose to risk every single day when we hop in the car and drive down the road or any number of other activities that are seemingly benign but have inherent risk built into them. Our familiarity with activities and our perception of them makes the difference with our level of acceptance. But what about the risks that make a difference in our lives? Taking a new job. Moving to a new place. Asking for that first date. Over the course of our lives there are pivotal moments that often change the direction of our lives and in many of these cases risk is involved. Very rarely do we look back on those moments and regret that that we overcame the fear and anxiety of taking the risk. So, if there is such reward in things, there is power. This is what Jim McCormick has based his book upon and practiced in his own life. With over 5000 career skydives, Jim is well familiar with the concept of risk and has taken concepts and practices from theory to our conversation to understand why risk is so powerful. Stretching our comfort zone is never comfortable by definition, but it may be just what we need for that next big thing.