![]() ![]() Carson, Sr., M.D., had a childhood dream of becoming a physician. “You have to go out there, be active, and shake the bushes if you want the birds to fly out.”īenjamin S. No one ever discovered anything great sitting under the olive tree waiting for it to happen, Carson concludes. Take responsibility for analyzing every angle.ĥ. Be compulsive about analyzing the situation. Never jump into the pool unless you know how deep it is.Ĥ. And be honest with everyone who is going to be effected by your risk so they also know the pros and cons of the situation.ģ. Whatever risk you take, be honest with yourself about your motives. It is the only way that you will know what risks are worth taking.Ģ. Know your values, and what matters to you. In closing, he offers five tips to help us make wise decisions.ġ. Instead of losing ourselves in all the information before us, let’s exercise a little wisdom to us realize that life without risk would be dull.” “When it comes to determining how you will react to any particular risk, you ought to think for yourself,” he concludes. Carson feels strongly that each of us has to decide what the acceptable risks are. He also believes that “Truth 3: A lot of risks aren’t worth the worry ” “Truth 5: Minimizing risk is often the best we can do,” and “Truth 7: Not all risks are bad.”Īs a result, Dr. ![]() ![]() Yet the facts belie this sense of insecurity.” “It’s no wonder that 90% of Americans say they feel less safe today than they did growing up. “Those who are quick to declare that we’re living today at a time of unique and unprecedented risk may need a little jogging of their memories, because our perspective has been and is greatly distorted by what I would diagnose as a serious case of societal amnesia,” he adds. “A couple of centuries ago,” he writes, “doctors didn’t understand the relationship between germs and disease most of the populace throughout Western civilization believed more than one or two baths a year was excessive and might actually contribute to several dreaded illnesses.” Carson (pictured here with fellow recipients Robin Roberts and Robert Redford) says he never ceases encouraging others to go for their dreams.īy outlining seven common sense “truths,” he helps us understand why it’s important not to let fear get in our way - including “Truth 2: The more we know the more we worry.” Honored in 2009 by the Jackie Robinson Foundation for his contribution to mentoring African American youth, Dr. “I think through these questions from my point of view, that of the patient, the parents and any other party involved, and by the time I’m done I know that I have considered just about every possible scenario and outcome,” Dr. What is the worst thing that can happen if I don’t do it? What is the best thing that can happen if I don’t do it?Ĥ. What is the worst thing that can happen if I do this?ģ. What is the best thing that can happen if I do this?Ģ. Ben Carson suggests asking yourself these four questions:ġ. When wrestling with an important decision, Dr. Sometimes they only add to our doubt and confusion about the uncertainties and risks we face in life.”īest Case / Worst Case Analysis: A Primer for Deciding When to Take a Risk That brief encounter was a wonderful reminder to me that experts don’t always have the last word on risk. I saw Bo-Bo recently, and she introduced me to her own little girl. “Within six weeks,” he shares, “she was a happy, normal, charming four-year-old girl again. I was going to do the surgery.”Īfter two hours in the OR and more than a week spent comatose, Bo-Bo was alert and responsive. Bo-Bo was still alive, and we had a chance, slight as it may be, to save her life. “His response startled me, but I didn’t let it deter me,” Dr. En route to the operating room, they bumped into another surgeon who advised, “Don’t do it. He knew he had to act fast if he was going to save her. Carson explains that he gently lifted her eyelids, and found her eyes fixed and dilated. Still, the resident in charge believed it was time to give up on her.ĭr. “I first met Bo-Bo on a Monday morning, after she had been in laying comatose all weekend in the intensive care unit,” he writes, noting that he was told her pupils were responding to light, which was positive. He offers an example in chapter 5 of his book, “Take the Risk,” when he shares the poignant story of Bo-Bo Valentine, a 4-year-old girl who got hit by an ice cream truck and was near death when he met her. He says that he’d never have achieved so much if he hadn’t known the what he calls “the truth about risk.” Ben Carson received the nation’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in a White House ceremony. ![]()
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