And here's Malcolm Gladwell making the argument that successful people are less likely to take risks: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/18/100118fa_fa

And here's Malcolm Gladwell making the argument that successful people are less likely to take risks: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/18/100118fa_fact_gladwell http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/18/100118fa_fact_... Reality is reality. If you take risks, you open yourself up to failures, but the potential upside might be greater as well.