Superman32 0 #1 September 22, 2005 Just read an interesting article on risk takers. It mentions mostly rock climbing but it has the same reasoning for skydivers http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19941101-000027.html Inveniam Viam aut Faciam I'm back biatches! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #2 September 22, 2005 Right....there is nothing like an overdose of adrenalin its better than sex !!!!!! Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tcnelson 1 #3 September 22, 2005 clicky"Don't talk to me like that assface...I don't work for you yet." - Fletch NBFT, Deseoso Rodriguez RB#1329 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterblaster72 0 #4 September 22, 2005 QuoteHigh-risk takers are easily bored and may suffer low job satisfaction. Not true -- I'm not crazy about my job but I find it pays me well enough and it's fairly challenging...and I know other skydivers that feel the same. Quotehigh-risk takers may "have a hard time deriving meaning and purpose from everyday life." I think that goes for most of the population, no? Or do most people actually derive meaning and purpose from everyday life? QuoteHSS individuals, or "highs," as Zuckerman calls them, are typically impulsive, uninhibited, social, and tend toward liberal political views. There are also many skydivers that tend to the quiet side, me being one of them. Also, in speaker's corner, there are heaps who don't have liberal political views. QuoteNo surprise, then, that some researchers place the risk taking personality in the "abnormal" category Because most wuffos stay wuffos. It's easy to write off as "abnormal" those you don't understand. _____ We're too diverse a bunch to categorize, to classify, to make generalizations about and boil down to a chapter in a textbook. In the meantime, they can keep spending tons of hours and money trying to figure us out... Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #5 September 22, 2005 Quote Not true -- I'm not crazy about my job but I find it pays me well enough and it's fairly challenging...and I know other skydivers that feel the same. Because you have a fairly challenging one. I'm angling to find a new home at the end of this contract term. Quote I think that goes for most of the population, no? Or do most people actually derive meaning and purpose from everyday life? There are people who are content to work the 9-5, go home and stay there, going out to walk the dog. It made for a short lived relationship. Quote There are also many skydivers that tend to the quiet side, me being one of them. Also, in speaker's corner, there are heaps who don't have liberal political views. I have my doubts about a liberal bent too. I've found it quite the opposite, probably due to the signficant portion of jumpers who have been in the military. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
