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Being a star athlete is highly correlated with having a risk insensitive personality. According to whom?
by 1jojojo 9y ago
Being a star athlete is highly correlated with having a risk insensitive personality.
According to whom?
- ch4s3 9y agoAhh, I'm postulating a bit. >I'm no sure if that's all true of if it's anything more than correlation, but it makes some sense as a hypothesis. As I said, I could be wrong. But we know that other fields like management, fashion, music, etc are dominated by risk takers. It may not be true of sports or all sports, but you could imagine that a risk taking basketball player, football QB or running back, soccer forward, or similar players tend to be risk takers. Again, I could be wrong.
- specialist 9y agoPlease stop explaining yourself. They're trolling you.
- ch4s3 9y agoI don't really mind, and it was only one comment. I'm happy to explain myself when I can add clarity.
- 1jojojo 9y agoI'm not trolling here. The people I know who have been successful athletes developed as a result of discipline and hard work, not because of risk-taking, and certainly not to their own detriment.
- emodendroket 9y agoThe article, for one: > Sometimes,though, a jock just can't shake the temptation to try to hit the jackpot. Butowsky believes that "there's something in an athlete's mentality"that drives him to swing for the fences financially--usually at his own peril."The solution to the problem is, without a doubt, education," the adviser says. "Change won't happen until grown men start wanting to learn."