Concept of Risk
Was chatting with a friend the other day.
He was admiring a silver arowana displayed, and excitedly shared about one which caught his eye some months back.
Golden, with fiery red scales, purple fins....I imagined it would look like this
Quite pretty hor?
Seeing as he was so enamoured, I asked if he bought it, and how much was the damage.
Him : SGD53,000
Me : So, you bought it?
Him : No! That would be crazy!
Me : Why? You must allow yourself some indulgence..
Him : They need too much care. A little thing wrong, and they'll die.
Me : *continued staring at him with a look that says....so??*
Him : too high risk
That's coming from a man for which SGD50,000 is pocket change.
posted by MQube @ 3:38 PM
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4 Comments:
Perhaps the risk was in the value of the life of the fish, and not the risk of the money being wasted? I would like to think that there are people out there who value the life of any creature more than the money it cost to aquire it.
- JustaHousebear
yeah, that would have been a great notion, but unfortunately, his idea of risk was truly related to how much he'd lose if the fish died
irrecoverable lose, was how he described it
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I can relate. I guess at times we tend to think we are in need something only to discover that the cost of it isnt worth it! I believe that we take risks on things that are truly important and worth any cost. Great Post! Stop by my blog sometime at: http://generationinspiration.blogspot.com/
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