In this environment, there’s no guarantee of what comes next. But according to billionaire tech titan Mark Zuckerberg, there is one strategy that is always guaranteed to fail.
“In a world that’s changing so quickly, the biggest risk you can take is not taking any risk,” he told OpenAI’s Sam Altman in 2016.
The Facebook founder added that, for any given decision that someone is going to make, there’s always an upside and downside of it. Zucker mentioned that there has never been a single task anywhere that is safe 100%. Maybe on moon.
The billionaire, therefore, advised those intending to make it in life to embrace new changes that comes with the unseen technology.
“But in aggregate, if you are stagnant and you don’t make those changes then I think you’re guaranteed to fail and not catch up.”
For investors, Zuckerberg’s insight highlights a harsh truth: playing it too safe is often a path to self destruction.
While it’s easy to focus on short-term fears, the bigger risk is missing out on growth opportunities that could transform your financial future.
You only need to look back to 2022 for an example: U.S. inflation peaked at 9.1% that year and the S&P 500 index dropped 19.4%. Investors who were spooked by this and moved out of stocks may have missed out on the AI boom and subsequent rally in tech stocks like Meta, Nvidia and Apple.
