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Puneet Rakheja

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Risks are important. But how do you decide which ones are worth taking and when to be more calculative.

Risks are at the end just that... risks.. with a substancial probability of failure. Mostly everyone likes to believe they take risks in their own lives.. but we all have a degree of what we consider risks.. 'calculative risks' and a degree of intuition. Like i could take risks in careers and lifestyles, but not physical risks.
What process do you use to figure when to follow your heart and when to follow your brain and how to balance the two..

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    Brett McDowell

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    Apr 19 2011: Both your brain an heart are ways that you are communicating information to yourself. If it does not feel right then your heart is telling you that you need more information or a deeper examination of context. However you could also be running up against an antiquated instinct that is now maladaptive, that is a question I ask myself as well.

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