risk-taking

=Risk Taking= A skill which can obviously affect desicion making, and it is important for students to learn the value of staying safe verses risk taking. Some say that this is a common skill among managers and entrepreneurs yet there is no [|research] to support this. However a general belief in oneself and your abilities does increase risk taking. Executives who believe that they and their firm are very competent will take more risks. [|(evidence of this)]Please contibute to this page by adding any games which incoporate risk taking. A brief desciption of the game may also be valuable to readers

__**Risk**__ The king of risk taking games, namely... Risk! Try to conquer the world by advancing your troops into enemy territories. Learn to strategise, and assess the dangers and benefits of possible moves in an attempt to defeat your oponents. Here is a link to an online version, it's free to play but you have to sign up with them. []

**__Monopoly__**
In monopoly decision making is a huge part of the game. Children begin to make decisions and also learn the value of risk taking versus staying safe. Also if you ask your student to be the banker in this game this will improve his math skills. Furthermore he may also grasp an understanding of how banks and properties are related. I suggest playing offline on a board game as this way someone must be a banker and more math skills are learned. Senior Monopoly Junior Monopoly ages 5-8