Transcript: Taking Risks in Life: Lessons from Titanic Submarine Tragedy | John Giftah

Hey, there's so much of talk with all that's going on with the Titan, Submissible and the Titanic expedition and a lot of people are asking, hey, you know, did they really take good risk or was it something so stupid? And how do I ensure in my life that what I'm doing is a good, worthwhile risk and what is a stupid risk? Let me just give you an example. Look at the wall over here, right? When you look at the wall, if you ask me, can I walk on this wall? It may be something I would consider as a stupid risk because I can't even get my balance right. But if you were to ask the same thing to somebody who is a professional rope walker, who can walk on ropes professionally and achieve a lot of things in that, if you ask them, can they do this, is that considered a risk for them? It's not. It's going to be a piece of cake for them. Why? Because they are used to it. You get what I'm saying? So when you are looking at something and asking whether this is a risk worth taking or not look at the pros and cons look at your skills look at what you good at and not good at And if you saying that it something that really means to you go ahead I mean even when you look at the people who went in they went because they had a passion for it but there this important thing right when you taking risk always remember there a very important note that James Cameron the director of Titanic says he says that you know there's a parallel between the Titanic and the Titan both of them received warnings on safety concerns they were asked to slow down they were asked to you know pay heed to it but both of them refuse to pay attention to them right the bible says in proverbs 12 15 the wise listen to advice whereas the fool just goes on his own way so the question to you today is when you are about to take a risk and if you're getting a lot of advice from somebody who's in that business who has told them you know take some informed decisions on this but if you're not paying attention to it it's going to be a trouble for you so my heart goes out to the families of those who lost their loved ones in this tragic uh scenario and i'm not trying to make anything from it but i just want us to learn this lesson because you know how much i love the titanic and the concept of it i may very well know how to go there myself someday but the truth is let's take risks by being well informed amen god bless you