Offbeat

Offbeat

Safety & Comfort Are So Boring

Playing it safe and being comfortable is too mundane for me, which is why I resort mostly to risk in my financial & social lives.

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Aziz Alangari
Apr 25, 2024
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If you do what everybody else is doing, you will simply end up like everybody else.

I will never forget the sweater I purchased from a store in Riyadh when I was 12 years old. The sweater contained a phrase in block letters that read “NO RISK - NO FUN,” a phrase that has since then been fed into my subconscious.

Taking risks is fun. It ignites and releas…

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