Some people like to do only what they already do well Other people prefer to try new things and take risks Which do you prefer

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Some people like to do only what they already do well. Other people prefer to try new things and take risks. Which do you prefer?

From the moment we are born to the moment we die we are all performing some job. Still, some outperform the others in every aspect of life. What makes these people so much different from the others? It is their willingness to take risks. Taking calculated risk is one of the most important common factors among all successful people. Personally, I prefer to take risks and try out different things every day.

One of the primitive instinct of human beings is finding out who they truly are and how they fit in in the grand scale of events. Although this instinct is very common but very few pursue it. To put it in another way most of us are not brave enough to forgo the comfort zone and challenge ourselves to address the question. I believe taking risks and trying to do new things is the only way to find out who we truly are. Take the case of my dear friend Ratan, he was comfortable in his 9 to 5 clerical job and never challenged himself to do anything difficult. As a result, he was never satisfied with his life. One day one of the sages in my town told him to lose his inhibition and to try something new. Ratan found out that he has a particular proclivity for soccer journalism. Although he never noticed it he was always giving briefings of soccer matches to his friends. Only through introspection, he found out that he is a natural journalist. Ratan decided to take the risk and apply for a night job in a famous soccer magazine. He was accepted after five rounds of interviews and now he is one of the best sports journalists in my town. Had he never took the risk of applying for that job he would never be satisfied with his life. A small amount of risk propelled his career forward.

As Steve Jobs said in his famous Mac advertisement "People who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do", I believe that unless we are willing to take risks we will never be able to put a mark on the world and we will neither be able to push the humanity forward nor be able to satisfy ourselves. For instance, if Gandhi never took the risk of starting a peaceful freedom fight India might not be independent today or if the Wright brothers never took the risk of creating a flying machine and lived a "safe life" we might not have airplanes today. It is the adventurous attitude of these great people and willingness to step outside of their comfort zone made the world a better place.

Tagore once said, "You can either go up or down". I think this is exactly the case with our lives. We can either create something, take new steps, take new risks or we can just stall back and keep on doing one particular thing. While the later might sound more lucrative and risk-free, In truth it is the more risky approach. We end up paying a much higher price.

Every human being is different and we are entitled to live our life the way we want, but all the greatest creation of our society was done by the risk-takers, not the risk-averse people. Taking small calculated risks in the right direction is what makes our life interesting. To conclude I believe my willingness to take risks sets me apart from others.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, so, still, while, apart from, for instance, i think, as a result

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 15.1003584229 212% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 13.8261648746 145% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.0286738351 82% => OK
Pronoun: 71.0 43.0788530466 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 73.0 52.1666666667 140% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2607.0 1977.66487455 132% => OK
No of words: 583.0 407.700716846 143% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.47169811321 4.8611393121 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.91379618374 4.48103885553 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49723978149 2.67179642975 93% => OK
Unique words: 281.0 212.727598566 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.481989708405 0.524837075471 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 815.4 618.680645161 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.51630824373 92% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 9.59856630824 146% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.6003584229 150% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.1344086022 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 62.9850914755 48.9658058833 129% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.0967741935 100.406767564 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8064516129 20.6045352989 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.35483870968 5.45110844103 43% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.85842293907 233% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.88709677419 184% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.215755275202 0.236089414692 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.055759897616 0.076458572812 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0646370660253 0.0737576698707 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.122269054837 0.150856017488 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0397739632052 0.0645574589148 62% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.0 11.7677419355 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 70.13 58.1214874552 121% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.9 10.1575268817 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 8.65 10.9000537634 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.24 8.01818996416 90% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 86.8835125448 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.002688172 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.0537634409 92% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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