Today we are proud to present the interview No.5 with Teodora Rudolph. She has been a member since the beginning of the SRA and has joined a variety of our events. Teodora says, SRA is a high quality information platform based on non-commercial exchange. She wants to stay up-to-date and appreciates the spirit of cooperation. She is a former private banker and now business and career coach.
โ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ โ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐?
To me, Risk Management is part of the so-called negative capability, to use the concept first mentioned by the English poet John Keats in 1817.
“Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”
It is important to be capable of living in uncertainty, and risk management helps. Manage your risks, hedge your bets, and enjoy the uncertainty that is a part of life.
โ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ โ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐?
History is not the best teacher because it encourages assumptions. A great deal of Risk Management is based on assumptions and seeming parameters. Things are not always what they seem, and the most complex computation is of little use if it is based on wrong assumptions. Question your assumptions non-stop!ย ย
โย ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ – ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง?
Changing careers midlife is a very risky endeavour. Society does not favour such changes. I had been a private banker for Russian clients for 15+ years. Being a Russia specialist, I saw the writing on the wall in 2014, I knew this was just the beginning of something bad. I went to business school, studied business coaching and adult teaching, and became a business coach in 2015. Now, in view of what Russia is up to, I am glad I did.ย
โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค?
Diversify! Even your skills. Go out and obtain a skill or a certificate that may seem of little use at the moment. Trust me, a time will come when you’ll be glad you did it.ย
โ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐?
SRA is a high quality information platform based on non-commercial exchange. This is what I value highly: learning in the spirit of cooperation. That’s why I have been a member since the beginning of SRA. Also, I want to stay up-to-date on what is going on in banking because, you never know, I may work in banking again some day. Life has taught me to diversify my options. This is risk management.