If you want someone to be willing to take a risk, you can make it more likely by:

a) telling them what they stand to gain if they don't take the risk.
b) telling them what they stand to lose if they don't take the risk.
c) pitting the risk against a sure gain.
d) doing nothing special; risk-taking is people's "default mode."

Answer: b

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