“Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our “heed-takers” more than ever.”
Susan Cain (1968) self-help writer
Manifesto, ThePowerOfIntroverts.com, January 2012 (est).
“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”
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