I have known traders with much bigger risk preferences but just never felt comfortable for me.
If you are good at 1% stick with it. Too many traders feel pressured to increase risk in pursuit of profit. This ultimately is a negative on your trading mindset.
2% risk for me is applied to trade set-up with a 1:2 Risk:Reward ratio.
Agree with you; yes, we need to follow our own path instead of copying others trading system.