"Be Smart About It"

On innumerable occasions, I have been told "Jack, be smart about it." It's about the most common advice I receive at the Casino, and towards my love life. Here's the problem...

Being "smart" about it has become synonymous for being conservative with it. Being "smart" about it limits the potential for the unexpected, because it eradicates the relationship between risk-reward. Being "smart" about it means being safe. It means being pussy... I'm sorry.

Here's my equation for "being smart about it" : If your decision to choose the safe route exonerates the ability for a reward that is GREATER than the risk you are about to delve in to, you are NOT being smart. You are exemplifying cowardice and embracing dormancy. I hate the phrase "be smart about it," because it stands under all of the wrong principles. 

So, am I actually smart? To be honest, no.

I choose the safe route far too often, which has both been a gift and a curse to me. I mean, I'm alive. But, I'm far less successful than my capability allows me to be. I'm smart in school, but not yet smart in life. 

It's time to be smart about shit; it's time to take risks, and time to allow something new to come into my life.

-Jack