If you Risk nothing then you Risk Everything. The person who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Failure is just a part of Success not the opposite. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks. Those who are too afraid to to do anything for fear of failure (or embarrassment), have lost not only the opportunity for any possibility of success, no matter how limited it might have been.
If you have kids, you know how persistent they can be. “Dad, can I have ??” can be repeated easily as many times in a minute, even though each was responded clearly with a BIG NO! why because they are willing to risk the rejection if they think there is even the tiniest chance of success..
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for !!