Optimism

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Boy oh boy, folks always frame it like a coin flip. Here's the thing, I don't think safe and scared are the same animal.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Bet on it! Wait, no, keep the savings. Ooh, this is hard. Okay, here's what I know: trying is the first step toward failure, but…

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Bet on it, but bet the Knope way, which means outworking the risk until it surrenders!

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Oh, you bet on it, buddy! Giddy up! Look, savings are just money that hasn't found its idea yet.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Bet on it? BET ON IT! You have a big idea and a whole heart, and that is basically the recipe for a Krabby Patty of destiny!

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Yabba dabba DOO, of course you bet on it! You think I ever passed up a can't-miss deal?

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Cool cool cool, big life decision, no doubt no doubt. Okay, real talk for one second.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Okay so here's the thing. I got dropped down an elevator shaft, career-wise, and I kept showing up with the same headshot.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Whoa, okay, this is heavy. Here's the thing, the future isn't written yet, it's whatever you make it, so make it a good one.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

You have a big idea! That is so exciting I could sing, and singing loud is the best way anyway!

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Bet on it! Wait, how limited is limited? Okay, doesn't matter, listen.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Ooh, a big idea! What was it again? Kidding, sort of. Here's the thing, I crossed a whole ocean without remembering why half the…

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Okay, real talk: I was a noodle guy with one giant impossible dream, and when I finally opened the scroll it was blank.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Okay, full disclosure, I'm the guy who turned down money to keep doing a thing that mostly gets me punched, so factor that in.

Asked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?

Okay, so, as if I'm going to tell you to play it safe. That is, like, the advice equivalent of a sensible shoe.