Risks and rewards

As we all know, life is all about taking risks because everything we do is not certain, and that is why it’s all about risk-taking.

My mom always said, “To sleep and wake up is a risk, and to live is also a risk as well.” So I believe everything we do is all about taking risks to get a better result at the end.

My junior sister was complaining of no sales in her shop in Ogun State, and I told her to move to Lagos with her family, but she said Lagos is too lousy for her, and she can’t risk her children’s lives by bringing them to Lagos because Lagos is full of violence. Well, we just have to try anyway; if not, nobody will leave their present situation behind.

I have taken so many risks in the past, which I regret some, while some ended up with good results, but I will be sharing the recent risk that I took, which I was a little bit scared of, but still I had to take it and also hope for better results at the same time.

Since last year I couldn’t keep up with my shop sales because I was pregnant and I didn’t have the energy to stand for long to make hair, and some customers can be so mean, so I handed over the shop to my first apprentice, who I know is very good at what she does.

Before taking such risks, I made sure I studied her so well to know what she’s capable of doing when I am away. On second thought, I think she might change the moment I stop coming to shop, but looking at how far I have come with the shop sales, I do not want to lock it up for a very long time. In fact, I do not want to lock it up at all so that my customers won’t look elsewhere to make their hair.

So I decided to take the risk and gave her the shop keys and, of course, access to shop savings since she would be the one making the money. All I will do is monitor how much she saves per day. I don’t have money to install cameras in the shop, and moreover, it’s not a big space, so what is the big deal? So I just hope the risk is worth it all.

I am still at home for now because my baby is not yet ready to go out, but I’m glad that what I was scared of didn’t later happen.

I will soon resume work, and I am glad I took the risk of handing over the shop to my apprentice; if not, I would be scared of how to start looking for customers again, but that won’t happen all because of the risk I took.

Sometimes it’s better to close your eyes and risk it all because if we don’t risk anything, we can’t gain anything.