You've taken some risks for sure, and I imagine a lot more than you list here as well. Risk needs to be considered (you used the word evaluate) and if thinks weigh up correctly then taking those risks can come with great reward. A 50/50 success rate seems low on the success side but just shows you're a comfortable risk taker.
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It also depends on the area of the risk. I try not to take risks with my health and other parts of life I can't control well enough to balance out later. Materialistic things come and go. Most people come and go. So, taking a risk in that is easier to manage.
If the chance of success is 50%, it doesn't mean the rate is that, too. As I mentioned, I'm pretty good in turning something into a success. Even if I end up on the loosing side, I can still make something out of it - at the least, a lessons learned.
It depends on many factors, more than we could count and list.
As for for, making things a success, every failure I've had has been a success because I learned something that helped me lean into the next thing more confidently. That's the success that comes from failure. I learned something from almost killing myself during the stunt I mention above, a lesson that almost 50 years later stays with me. I'd call that a huge success.
Exactly. And that capacity of recognizing failure, owning it and learning from it is fading very quickly.