“Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.” -JM

The last week or so ive been contemplating buying a car. The question is do i buy, lease, take over a lease, buy from the net, buy from an auction etc etc too many options.
Getting a nice new car seems ideal but the second you leave the lot the car depreciates. What is that money that is automatically gone once ur in your new car? I call it risk, paying for risk.
One time someone asked me if i were to be offered an ipod out of the back of a truck how much would i pay for it? I said something like half the price, if to me that ipod is worth 50% and the extended guarantee on it is only like a third of the price isnt it worth it? I was actually surprised that he had me there but people put alot of hope into thinking things will work in their favor.
I took a class once in school called fear and risk. The class made us look at various papers about risk and also how its very fed into our minds in the media. If you dont buy Colgate toothpaste, your teeth wont be white and you wont have that car shes driving in the add nor the husband in the passenger seat. Do you wanna risk that? Can you pay 2,50$ buy the damn paste just to make sure?
There is no clear point in this post about risk but just a note to ponder about how much your life is governed by fear and risk. Ask yourself how much are you paying for risk, how much will you give for risk?