Like all people, I have taken several risks in life, some small and others bigger and more profound.

The outcomes of risk-taking can have positive or negative consequences. It’s sometimes not possible to see them before taking the risk because the risk is to be taken suddenly.

The biggest risk I ever took was taken almost in a flash. Within 24 hours I left the family farm and signed up for a career in teaching. It was an overnight decision I have never regretted. To this day I am ever so glad I took that risk, for it brought me a career that I loved.