--- title: "The Need to Take Risks: Joel Mark Witt [INBOUND Bold Talk]" description: Check out this Bold Talk from storyteller and entrepreneur Joel Mark Witt, one of the many expert talks from INBOUND 2013. image: https://www.hubspot.com/hubfs/assets/hubspot.com/buzz/HubSpotOpenGraph.png --- - - [ Marketing ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/marketing) - The Need to Take Risks: Joel Mark Witt [INBOUND Bold Talk] # The Need to Take Risks: Joel Mark Witt [INBOUND Bold Talk] [Free Marketing Plan Template ](https://offers.hubspot.com/thank-you/marketing-plan-template?hubs_post-cta=author) [Laura Fitton](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/marketing/author/laura-fitton) Published: October 05, 2021 ![joel-mark-witt-headshot](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/joel-mark-witt-headshot-3.jpg?width=230&height=189&name=joel-mark-witt-headshot-3.jpg "joel-mark-witt-headshot")Master storyteller Joel Mark Witt takes us into the halls of his son's school to ask what we're *not* teaching our kids: *"Where's the creativity? Where's the imagination? Where are the mistakes?"* According to Witt, since we don't account for missed opportunities, we drastically underestimate the cost of avoiding risk. ## **Foolishness is an Art ...** The world doesn't need more people to learn how *not* to take big, bold action, so why are we educating our children avoid making small mistakes and taking risks? Call it foolishness, but the simple willingness to take creative risks can lead to new insights, personal growth, and experiences that profoundly change your life for the better. If you had 10 minutes and the attention of the entire world, what would you say? Joel Mark Witt is a storyteller, speaker, and internet entrepreneur. He is the Director of Creativity & Business Development at Personality Hacker, an organization designed to help people leverage their own mental processes to optimize productivity, communication, job satisfaction, and -- most importantly -- happiness. ### **Sketch Notes:** [![Joel Mark Witt Bold Talk Graphic Recording](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/06_KingmanInk_Inbound_Witt-Oct-05-2021-04-50-22-19-PM.jpg?width=650&name=06_KingmanInk_Inbound_Witt-Oct-05-2021-04-50-22-19-PM.jpg "Joel Mark Witt Bold Talk Graphic Recording")](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/06_KingmanInk_Inbound_Witt-3.jpg?hsLang=en) Graphic recording by [Kingman Ink](http://kingmanink.com/why-use-graphic-recording/). *[Joel Mark Witt](http://joel-mark-witt.com/blog/) is a Storyteller. You can follow him on Twitter at [@JoelMarkWitt](http://twitter.com/JoelMarkWitt)* *[INBOUND 2013](https://inbound.com), attended by over 5,500 inbound marketers, entrepreneurs, and executives, included* an [INBOUND: Bold Talks](https://inbound.com/boldtalks) experimental storytelling stage*. We will **publish each talk right*here in the [Opinion section](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/opinion?hsLang=en) until* all 36 are online.* ***Be sure to subscribe for more Bold Talks and other exclusive stories and thought leadership!*** ** ** [![check out what's hot on inbound hub's homepage ](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/homepage-hotness-uattr.png)](https://blog.hubspot.com/cs/c/?cta_guid=524813fb-5982-4277-abac-543b038a4b37&signature=AAH58kGDghfDXUA50sSPOKAM2eUcUAY6Ww&pageId=355956583&placement_guid=d0913e50-15f1-4d01-9699-feee2e925639&canon=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hubspot.com%2Fopinion%2Fjoel-mark-witt-hubspot-inbound-conference-2013-bold-talk&portal_id=53&__hstc=20629287.469ba4f9a3ea4b4b405c5f2f5223f03f.1633395147499.1633395147499.1633395147499.1&__hssc=20629287.1.1633395147499&__hsfp=1561754925&hsutk=469ba4f9a3ea4b4b405c5f2f5223f03f&contentType=blog-post) Originally published Nov 15, 2013 8:00:00 AM, updated October 20 2016 ### Don't forget to share this post! 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