One of the inevitables of life is risk, which is part of the unpredictabilities of life. As a matter of fact, there are some risks in life that, no matter how you try, you may never totally avoid them or something close to them. However, what you can do is to know how to manage them, and then respond to them. One thing to know in life is that things are not automatically guaranteed. That you think you have done something right does not mean the result will be as desired. There may be a possibility of many other things influencing the result. So we need to know how to manage risks. Let us see some risk management tips.
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The first thing you need to know about risk management that will get your mind prepared for it is that you should understand that no matter what you do, you cannot predict the future. This will get your mind set to expect anything, so that it will not crack you. If you expect the eventualities to happen, they will not sway you off your feet. You need to get your mind prepared and ready to take on life as it comes. The first thing that is normally attacked when an unwholesome thing happens is the mind, but if you have developed your mind to the point that nothing shakes you, then you will begin to make clearer and better decisions.
In addition to getting your mind to welcome and face risks, you also need to create an alternate plan (a Plan B) for the actions that you want to take. You do not have to keep yourself in a straitjacket to do just one thing at a time and stick to it. If that one is not working or if the risks assessment impact becomes higher that you anticipated, then nothing stops you from switching to your secondary plan. You may have planned something excellently well, but it may not turn out as you have laid out the plans. When things begin to go in ways that are not planned, the wise thing to do is not to keep spending time on it in futility but to look for another means - a Plan B. One of my friends humorously said that "If Plan A does not work, then switch it up immediately. After all, there are many letters in the Alphabet."
The next point, which relates more to finances is to create an emergency saving funds. Trust me, there are things that can happen without your prior notice. For example, some emergency situations that require finances may arise and at that point, you can only fall back to what you already have. For every money that comes to your hand; like profits from sales, salary, income, gifts, etc, always try to separate some parts aside to save for the days of emergency. Trust me, emergencies will not give you notice so that you will be prepared, you need to be prepared for them. At the point of emergency, it is not the point that you should be running around for help, you need to first help yourself with what you have before external helps can come.
Another tip you need to know about risk management is to keep increasing in knowledge. Do not take risks blindly. For every step you take, it should be born out of knowledge and after you have done your research. One of the reasons why people are hit negatively from taking risks is because they take uninformed and non-logical steps. The truth is that the more you know about something and the more you have researched about it, the better it will be to make decisions about it and the lesser the risks associated with it. You will be surprised to know that ignorance alone is a risk on its own. To solve this, just seek to know more. You do not know as much as you need to know, so you should never stop learning.
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For business people and investors, in order to limit and manage risks effectively, you should learn investment diversification. It is a risk on its own to carry all the money you have laboured for all your life and put in one investment. What if something goes wrong and it forces the investment to go south, you would have laboured all your life in vain? This is why you should spread your investments through many businesses to reduce risks. More so, even when keeping your funds, you should also diversify your accounts and wallet - this is for digital assets like cryptocurrency, etc.
Some days ago, a particular bank within the country went distressed and got their licence withdrawn by the Central Bank. The major problem is that some people that had more money in the bank than the Deposit Insurance Commission can care for may stand a risk of losing their money. But if someone has spread their money in other banks instead of just centralizing it in one bank, it would have limited the risk. This is why asset and investment diversification are very necessary in order to manage risks.
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