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  • Sarah_Jayne
    Now with more Jayne
    • Dec 2002
    • 40077
    #1

    What is the biggest risk you have taken in your life that paid off?

    12 years ago, at 19 years old, at about this time of day I got on a flight from JFK with a one way ticket to London. I have lived here ever since, married my late husband who was the reason behind my trip and eventually became a British citizen (dual citizenship with the USA). I think that now at 31 I wouldn't take that risk but I am sure glad that at 19 I for once in my life let my heart rule my head (I am a very head lead person).

    What is the biggest risk you have taken in your life that turned out to have been worth it?
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    • Emil
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      • Feb 2007
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      #2
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        • polish_aristocrat
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          • Jul 2002
          • 40377
          #3
          never really took any big risks in my life

          I'm rather the type who carefully plans everything
          Last edited by polish_aristocrat; 06-11-2008, 04:59 AM.
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            • Bike
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              • Jul 2004
              • 1363
              #4
              My biggest risk was stopping with my study to do adult full-time. My parents weren't too happy when I made that decision 7 years later, I'd say it paid off...

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                • Jens Van Assterdam
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                  • Feb 2008
                  • 6677
                  #5
                  Getting selfemployed right after high school.. never did any part time jobs or something. Always made my own money somehow. From selling pot to peddling porn to founding companies. Some stuff i own makes money some others dont. I hold percentages on well known internet portal´s and i still dont do much beside smoking pot, masturbating, banging hookers and loosing my driving license every other month. Its just my way of living a good life.
                  Also moved to couple of different countries without knowing anyone there. It always payed off somehow. Either business wise or social wise.
                  But like everywhere.. theres two sides of the story. You have some good times and you have some really bad times when you dont make any decent buck. When i was younger i didnt safe anything so i basiclly had to live check 2 check which is really fucked up! But since iam grown up and a act a bit more mature i can still do what i want and i have my safeings for the hard times now
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                    • The Heron
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                      • Apr 2001
                      • 4496
                      #6
                      Telling the doctors to go ahead and do surgery, I'm still alive guess it paid off...

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                        • Fucksakes
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                          • Dec 2003
                          • 7567
                          #7
                          I fucked my friend girlfriend :P

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                            • The Duck
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                              • May 2005
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                              #8
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                                • tranza
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                                  • Jun 2003
                                  • 57559
                                  #9
                                  I dropped out of the best Engineer College down here in Brazil (the toughest one to get accepted also), to apply for a Business College.

                                  Couldn't be happier with my choice.

                                  I'm just a newbie.

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                                    • polish_aristocrat
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                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 40377
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by tranza
                                      I dropped out of the best Engineer College down here in Brazil (the toughest one to get accepted also), to apply for a Business College.

                                      Couldn't be happier with my choice.

                                      are your business studies really helpfull to submit galleries and run TGP's?

                                      (I think this is what you do if I recall correctly)
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                                        • escorpio
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                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 23486
                                          #11
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                                            • MaDalton
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                                                • 96ukssob
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                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                  • 12991
                                                  #13
                                                  Right after i graduated from college, I moved to LA with my ex gf. Neither one of us had jobs and combined, we had $3,000 saved. We drove from PA to California in about 5 days, then lived in this dumpy apartment in downtown LA for a few months.

                                                  I tried working some jobs, then decided I would just start my own SEM/PPC business and do adult stuff at the meantime. I worked for 2 big SEM firms for about 2-3 months each to figure out how they worked, then started working for myself just over a year after I first moved to LA.

                                                  Recent risk I took was to move back to PA for a bit to help out with family stuff, as well to save some money (rent in LA is expensive). its paying off ok, but cant wait to get back to sunny california
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                                                    • ChefJeff
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                                                      • Apr 2003
                                                      • 1499
                                                      #14
                                                      I decided to leave my mothers womb.

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                                                        • Babaganoosh
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                                                          • Nov 2001
                                                          • 15841
                                                          #15
                                                          I quit my job on a whim. My boss pissed me off and I knew I could make more money if I didn't have to leave my desk for my 8-5 job. I just didn't have the guts to quit until he made me mad. That was the last time I ever had a "real" job.
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                                                            • Sarah_Jayne
                                                              Now with more Jayne
                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                              • 40077
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by ChefJeff
                                                              I decided to leave my mothers womb.
                                                              That kind of choice is usually made for you eventually if you cling on too long

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                                                                • NikKay
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                                                                  • Aug 2001
                                                                  • 1642
                                                                  #17
                                                                  I've taken a ton of risks in my life and I would say all of them paid off in one way or another to get me where I am today. As I get older I find myself much more risk adverse, which honestly makes me sad.

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                                                                    • ADL Colin
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                                                                      • Feb 2001
                                                                      • 11929
                                                                      #18
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                                                                        • Sarah_Jayne
                                                                          Now with more Jayne
                                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                                          • 40077
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by NikKay
                                                                          I've taken a ton of risks in my life and I would say all of them paid off in one way or another to get me where I am today. As I get older I find myself much more risk adverse, which honestly makes me sad.
                                                                          Only natural though, I think. I think the older we get the more we know what there is to risk.

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                                                                            • NikKay
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                                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                                              • 1642
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash
                                                                              Only natural though, I think. I think the older we get the more we know what there is to risk.
                                                                              You're right.

                                                                              Also, the older we get the more we have to lose so the risk becomes riskier.... blahblahblah.

                                                                              Still sad.

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                                                                                • Brother Bilo
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                                                                                  • Jun 2007
                                                                                  • 4193
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  I drafted CC Sabathia for my fantasy baseball league last year, and that paid off big time.

                                                                                  on the other side, I drafted Barry Zito too. That did not pay off at all.

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                                                                                    • snaker
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                                                                                      • Mar 2005
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                                                                                      #22
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                                                                                        • datawookiee
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                                                                                          • Apr 2006
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                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          dumping my crazy x. It's paid off!

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                                                                                            • Peaches
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                                                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                                                              • 13933
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Becoming self employed 15 years ago. I don't think I could ever go back to working for someone else (though at times I feel like I have a thousand bosses, not just one).

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                                                                                                • fuzebox
                                                                                                  making it rain
                                                                                                  • Oct 2003
                                                                                                  • 22363
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Quitting the dayjob was risky I guess, seeing as I had no money saved up and only one month long programming contract to go on... That was a long bump road for quite a while

                                                                                                  A lot of people say selling my shit and buying a 1 way ticket to Costa Rica was big, but to me it wasn't that risky, I had friends here and knew the lower cost of living would be helpful.

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                                                                                                    • Sarah_Jayne
                                                                                                      Now with more Jayne
                                                                                                      • Dec 2002
                                                                                                      • 40077
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by NikKay
                                                                                                      You're right.

                                                                                                      Also, the older we get the more we have to lose so the risk becomes riskier.... blahblahblah.

                                                                                                      Still sad.
                                                                                                      yup, know the feeling..I think most of us do as we get *gasp* older ;)

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                                                                                                        • Sarah_Jayne
                                                                                                          Now with more Jayne
                                                                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                                                                          • 40077
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Brother Bilo
                                                                                                          I drafted CC Sabathia for my fantasy baseball league last year, and that paid off big time.

                                                                                                          on the other side, I drafted Barry Zito too. That did not pay off at all.
                                                                                                          What kind of fantasy baseball do you play? I grew up with a dad who is a hardcore Stratomatic player.

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                                                                                                            • MistressNirvana
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                                                                                                              • Jan 2006
                                                                                                              • 545
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by datawookiee
                                                                                                              dumping my crazy x. It's paid off!
                                                                                                              Was there a chance to be killed ?

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                                                                                                                • MistressNirvana
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                                                                                                                  • Jan 2006
                                                                                                                  • 545
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Divorcing , packing my bags and moving in other country , and i do not regret it

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                                                                                                                    • MistressNirvana
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                                                                                                                      • Jan 2006
                                                                                                                      • 545
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by MistressNirvana
                                                                                                                      Was there a chance to be killed ?
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                                                                                                                        • ladida
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                                                                                                                          • Nov 2005
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                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Marying my wife :P It's still paying off.
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                                                                                                                            • carol.prime
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                                                                                                                              • Jul 2006
                                                                                                                              • 6960
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              when i stopped schooling in my college to find a job and help my parents. Every situation has it's pros and cons. I would say that incident helped me in some way and gave some frustration as well. But i just took it in a more positive way and made it as my strength.
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                                                                                                                                • Meeper
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                                                                                                                                    • Verbal
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                                                                                                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                                                                                                      • 3420
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      - buying my first house at 22
                                                                                                                                      - quitting a high-pay 'cake' job to start my own business
                                                                                                                                      - getting married

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                                                                                                                                        • Shannon G
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                                                                                                                                          • Aug 2003
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                                                                                                                                          Next to getting married, I'd say it was quitting the one office job I've ever had to start working for myself online. 11 years later, it's definitely not easier than having a guaranteed paycheck and I can't get my taxes finished in 5 minutes or less, but at least now I can drink while I work and rotate from the pool to the computer.
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                                                                                                                                            • Herb Kornfield
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                                                                                                                                              • Sep 2002
                                                                                                                                              • 4996
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Getting into Mainstream IT consulting 100% in June 2006 ..... Lots of Reselling products (Cisco, RSA, AT&T) a lot of cabling ( inside wiring ) combined with onsite engineering hours for troubleshooting, installs, migrations, etc.

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                                                                                                                                                • CDSmith
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                                                                                                                                                  • May 2001
                                                                                                                                                  • 51460
                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Peaches
                                                                                                                                                  Becoming self employed 15 years ago. I don't think I could ever go back to working for someone else (though at times I feel like I have a thousand bosses, not just one).
                                                                                                                                                  Same here, 10 years for me.

                                                                                                                                                  In my early 30's I made it my goal to retire from my job by the age of 40. I beat that by 3 years.

                                                                                                                                                  Big risk, but I wouldn't change it for the world now. And I could never go back to working a job again.
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                                                                                                                                                    • Fetish Gimp
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                                                                                                                                                      I took the red pill.
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                                                                                                                                                        • BradM
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                                                                                                                                                          • Dec 2003
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                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          One way ticket to the US at 19. Can't even measure how much it has paid off.

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                                                                                                                                                            • 2012
                                                                                                                                                              So Fucking What
                                                                                                                                                              • Jul 2006
                                                                                                                                                              • 17189
                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash
                                                                                                                                                              12 years ago, at 19 years old, at about this time of day I got on a flight from JFK with a one way ticket to London. I have lived here ever since, married my late husband who was the reason behind my trip and eventually became a British citizen (dual citizenship with the USA). I think that now at 31 I wouldn't take that risk but I am sure glad that at 19 I for once in my life let my heart rule my head (I am a very head lead person).

                                                                                                                                                              What is the biggest risk you have taken in your life that turned out to have been worth it?
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                                                                                                                                                                • pornguy
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                                                                                                                                                                    • kowalsky
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                                                                                                                                                                        • Sarah_Jayne
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                                                                                                                                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                                                                                                                                          • 40077
                                                                                                                                                                          #43
                                                                                                                                                                          yeah, I guess deciding not to go into my 'real job' that day and going full time at this was probably a good sized risk too

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