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Thought I start a thread on DAREs, Downside Asymmetric Risk Events which is one catastrophic decision that destroys thousands of good ones.
For example, riding a motorcycle is a DARE which is why I continually bump that thread.
DAREs always happen and lots of them make news.
The latest?
The Jensen Huang situation is a classic case of a DARE - Downside Asymmetric Risk Event. I wouldn't call it a masterclass, because his billions will insulate the fallout.
A DARE is where one colossal lapse in judgment, a bad decision, vaporizes a lifetime of brilliant choices. In my book, Choose Hard, Live Easy, I call it Nuclear Treason.
DAREs happen every day, and the catastrophic ones always make the news. Jensen Huang spent decades building a trillion-dollar empire, only to allegedly bed a spy and blow his legacy to bits. Thousands of right choices, annihilated by one wrong one.
Sure, his billions will cushion the blast. The guy will survive. But his life is now permanently fractured into two distinct eras, a dividing line: BTS (Before The Spy) and ATS (After The Spy)
Credibility, crushed. Legacy, stained.
Nuclear Treason is when you smuggle a warhead into the center of your own amazing life, hand the launch codes over to your emotions, ego, or your libido, and push the big red button yourself.
That's the worst part about Nuclear Treason: it's almost always a self-detonation. You aren't a victim of circumstance; you are the architect of your own apocalypse.
Guarding your empire can be as simple as a thinking.
Deliberation.
Don't drive home drunk and you won't kill a family of 4.
Don't ride a motorcycle and you won't find yourself dead because of a texting teenager, leaving your family to mourn for decades.
Don't belittle a Chick-fil-A employee because you don't like the company's politics.
The best defense to DARE is simply to not arm the weapon.
Choose the Hard, so you may live Easy.
Jensen's "Easy" just got Hard.?
For example, riding a motorcycle is a DARE which is why I continually bump that thread.
DAREs always happen and lots of them make news.
The latest?
The Jensen Huang situation is a classic case of a DARE - Downside Asymmetric Risk Event. I wouldn't call it a masterclass, because his billions will insulate the fallout.
A DARE is where one colossal lapse in judgment, a bad decision, vaporizes a lifetime of brilliant choices. In my book, Choose Hard, Live Easy, I call it Nuclear Treason.
DAREs happen every day, and the catastrophic ones always make the news. Jensen Huang spent decades building a trillion-dollar empire, only to allegedly bed a spy and blow his legacy to bits. Thousands of right choices, annihilated by one wrong one.
Sure, his billions will cushion the blast. The guy will survive. But his life is now permanently fractured into two distinct eras, a dividing line: BTS (Before The Spy) and ATS (After The Spy)
Credibility, crushed. Legacy, stained.
Nuclear Treason is when you smuggle a warhead into the center of your own amazing life, hand the launch codes over to your emotions, ego, or your libido, and push the big red button yourself.
That's the worst part about Nuclear Treason: it's almost always a self-detonation. You aren't a victim of circumstance; you are the architect of your own apocalypse.
Guarding your empire can be as simple as a thinking.
Deliberation.
Don't drive home drunk and you won't kill a family of 4.
Don't ride a motorcycle and you won't find yourself dead because of a texting teenager, leaving your family to mourn for decades.
Don't belittle a Chick-fil-A employee because you don't like the company's politics.
The best defense to DARE is simply to not arm the weapon.
Choose the Hard, so you may live Easy.
Jensen's "Easy" just got Hard.?
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