Once upon a time there was a lovely woman in Georgia named Laura who started a blog on a topic she was most passionate about: taking risks. She named it A Risk a Day, and as such, intended to blog every day about taking risks in life and business.

While she had no lack of material or ideas for this blog, you can guess what happened…or rather, what didn’t happen. Soon the demands of life and business took over and she wasn’t blogging everyday. What was once such an energizing project had become something she avoided. Taking risks was no less a part of her makeup or her personal mantra, but blogging every day did not fit her lifestyle or how she worked her business.

So, I’m pretty sure the first risk she took was admitting to herself that this wasn’t working out quite the way she’d planned, and that she might have bitten off more than she could chew.

The second risk she took was admitting as much to me and asking for help figuring out what to do. (That REALLY impressed me, because too often we’re unwilling – too embarrassed or vulnerable or…- to risk admitting we need help.)

I asked her, “Is there any reason you need to be the only one writing for that blog? Would you be willing to risk inviting others to write about risk with you?” She took a third risk and invited some of her favorite women friends – all risk-takers in their own right – to become regular contributing authors at Risk A Day.

I’m happy to report that Risk A Day now boasts 20-and-counting regular contributors – myself included – who’ve agreed to take a day each month and write about risk with her. My day is the 17th each month, so my post went up this morning.

I’m going to take a risk here and invite you to come read my post and leave a comment. Read through the other 16 posts that are already there (we started Nov. 1) and see if you don’t have a new, favorite blog to subscribe to!

I’m pretty sure Laura would agree that taking all these risks has paid off. She’s found a new way to achieve the goal she set for herself, she’s creating a community of like-minded women who support each other and contribute unique and diverse perspectives on something we each face every day – taking risks – and she’s loving her blog again.

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