“If a person gave away your body to some passerby you’d be furious. Yet you hand over your mind to anyone who comes along, so they may abuse you, leaving it disturbed and troubled. Have you no shame in that.” — Epictetus
Everyone is gambling, all the time.
The "risk takers" have the courage to attempt something and gamble with the possibility of failure.
The "risk averse" avoid failure, but gamble with the opportunity cost of what they could have achieved—had they found the courage to try.