Are you a risk taker? Do you know someone who is?

A young man enlisted in the 82nd Airborne Division. He was assigned to their jump school. He eagerly asked his recruiter what he could expect at jump school.

"Well," the recruiter said, "it’s three weeks long."

"What else?" asked the young soldier.

"The first week they separate the men from the boys," the recruiter said. "The second week, they separate the men from the fools."

"And the third week?" the soldier asked.

"The third week," the recruiter said with a grin, "the fools jump." (1)

Does jumping from an airplane appeal to you? Are you one of the fools?

Or are you more like the six-foot eight-inch young man who applied for a job as a lifeguard? He stepped to the counter and announced, ‘‘I’m here about the lifeguard job."

The re…