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What does it mean?
Living with boldness aligns you with a proper way of life.
In plain terms
Bold living is the right path.
What can you take from it?
Take calculated risks to shape a meaningful life.

Where it applies

  • career changes
  • creative ventures

Putting it to work

  • step out of comfort zones
  • embrace uncertainty

Questions to consider

  • What does ‘dangerous’ mean to you?

Another view

Reckless danger can be harmful.

More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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  2. Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

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  3. Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.

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