Patrice Esper

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Was honorable judges and all your stickers in the room tonight there is such menu for me I associate Chris stapers with great explorers and inventors like Christopher camouflage the White Brothers entrepreneurs like Richard Branson Oprah Winfrey and many others like them Venture into the unknown willingly a risk taker is not an island girl from Saint Lucia but in recent years he's been brought to my attention that I've actually taken a lot of this most of the time on autopointed and this took serious consequences if I was going to improve our risk taking and share with others I had to develop abilities you see when we

parents migrated to Canada I didn't see it as a miss when at 17 I'd asked them if I could take a break from high school for six months because I was determined to go back to Saint Michelle as soon as old enough to live there by myself of the research project they actually let me go either way I went back I wanted to find out what was the best or rare choice in the Diwana Island I discovered its tourism and by the age of 21 I was back in safe and show without my parents with the challenge words of the prolonged I didn't when shorted

after moving back I met and fell in love with the map of Syrian descent and sold all my possessions at the time a card and a life insurance policy to follow him to a big sticky eyelids called by denied where we opened our first business together I denotes the Grinch or Arabic and neither of us had ever built a business before those with some interesting years we had our first daughter and didn't see as a risk when I traveled out my husband with our three-year-old daughter into Syria for the first time to beat his family damn people on a trip the president at the time

had died the country was ignoring I've never experienced anything like this the cities were shut down imagine to want to shut down to six weeks buildings will Clap the cloth with black cloth they were struggling with latch Wall music was forbidden it was a surreal experience yet through it all we need some amazing friendships as we traveled across the country and discovered the most big oldest continually inhabited parts of the world and experienced some of the reddest most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen nothing history about that I didn't see it as a race one of the years went by my husband and I opened a

second third fourth fifth I start counting after the philippousness song was successful one lasted about 14 years almost ever quite got off the ground and one changed our Direction Forever we lost everything the string was too much for the marriage we lost that too and it's around that time that everybody came to my attention that wait a moment I take risks a lot of rich if I'm going to get better at it and it shouldn't stopping according to Wikipedia riskiest can be defined as the intentional interaction with uncertainty intentional okay if this is the case and would have to consciously develop abilities to get better

at it I should repeat five tonight I call them superpowers one get clear on your goal I found this that I went out of jail my goal a risk of minimals like walking getting into a car working with strangers to get off the fence by making a decision the hardest time is when you're sitting on that fence because time is passing by I grew no closer to your desired destination I researchers I research decision making it's quite simple make a decision act upon it don't like where it's leaving make another decision act upon it three let go except what he is one is not this

with the hardest ability for me to develop I'm still developing how many of you understand this it's hard to let go of something that you've invested money time and you're into it's probably the hardest thing to do but once you get we'll bring yourself and let go of what's not to read you anymore let go of what's making you feel less Worthy then you didn't move on stay shot number four stay sharp because risk taking changes lies not just your own get confident about making choices by continually learning develop and understanding what your events you need so that you can protect your protect against it

five surround yourself with giants those who excel in mistaking some upgraded his mentored from a farm others and keep as close to me as possible some of them in this room tonight I really hate you these days I share my risk-taking superpowers with clients exploring entrepreneurship and Discerning individuals looking for lifestyle properties around the world I encouraged them and encourage you get clear on your goal get off the fence by making a decision let go accept what it is of what is not stay Sharp and surround yourself with giants because in life you get up early when you put into it no rest no reward

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