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Yesterday my French teacher was telling me to be patient. She went on to explain how French is a very difficult language to learn and she understood the risk I took moving here only knowing tourist French. I then shared with her my mantra: No Risk, No fun!  Forever relevant.           

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I posted No Risk, No Fun on my blog back in November, 2021. I quoted one individual who has inspired me: Japanese violinist Daishin Kashimoto, concertmaster (since 2009) with the Berlin Philharmonic often recognized as the world’s finest orchestra – “Taking risks means, of course, that there are times when we come up short. No risk, no fun!” Coincidentally, after having the risk conversation with my French teacher, later that day, I watched the Netflix sports documentary “The Playbook A Coaches Rules for Life” specifically the segment on Jill Ellis. Jill coached the United States women’s nation soccer team which won two consecutive FIFA women’s World Cups in 2015 and 2019. One of her rules: Risk is opportunity. Definitely in synch with Daishin’s wisdom “no risk no fun!”          

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