The Word of mAn[S]o0r: Play it safe? No thank you!

Every once in a while, i come across a post or article which succeeds in motivating me to new heights. This article is one of them. I basically surfed on this site while looking for FiLO (Financial Life Organizer) which is a really cool product. Check it out here.

Anyway, here what i got from this article. Take risks, but adhere to a rule like NPD (No Permanent Damage). The gist of the article then becomes, what doesnt kill you, only makes you stronger.

An exerpt from the article follows. Read the rest here.

How safe should you live life? Well, you obviously don’t want to live so close to the edge that you’re always in danger of killing yourself, but you shouldn’t live always looking for the 100% “safe” option in life.
Because here’s a secret that we all forget from time to time; there is no 100% “safe” option in life.
Did
you get in your car and drive to work this morning? 49,000 people in
the United States died in auto accidents in 2004. 1.1 million people world wide died in auto accidents, and 38 million were injured.
Even
if you’re the most risk-averse person out there, it’s very likely you
get into your car every day and drive somewhere - to work or to school.
Driving can be a risky proposition, but we all still do it.
We do it because we calculate that we’re pretty likely to be safe, even while involved in a potentially risk activity. We weight the odds and roll the dice.

And the NPD rule is defined here..

Magicians Penn and Teller
have a rule. They call this the rule of NPD - no permanent damage.
Before undertaking a risky stunt or a tricky magic routine they ask the
question, “Will this permanently cause me damage?” If the answer is yes, they don’t do it.
They are playing and not
playing it safe. And they are outrageous and larger than life because
they’ll undertake something that’s risky and on the edge. They’re using
their rule of NPD to make them superstars - why can’t you?