To save all we must risk all.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Achieving total safety requires total commitment and risk.
- In plain terms
- You must risk everything to save everything.
- What can you take from it?
- Total success requires total risk.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are you willing to risk?
- When is risk necessary?
Another view
Sometimes partial risk yields better results.
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