The best mathematicians are those who are not afraid to take risks.
"I read a book one day and my whole life was changed."
You can't just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is always changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.
The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.
The glory of the heavens is infinite to us.