Stop Being Realistic

64. Stop being realistic.

How many times have you heard this before? “Come on, be realistic!” Many of you reading this have been realistic for some time now. The reason you’re realistic is because for some reason you have programmed your subconscious mind that being realistic is the better approach. Obviously being realistic feels safer and when you feel safe, you don’t have to worry about fear. There lies the root of the issue, by being unrealistic there is an area of unknown. There is an aspect of fear with being unrealistic. Most importantly, when you are unrealistic, there is a chance that you may fail. Failure is a part of life. When we reach Tool 80, you’ll come to find out the best players in baseball fail 7 out of 10 times.

Nails are the type of people who tell you to be realistic because it keeps you as a nail just like them. Hammers tell you to go for it, reach for the stars and if you fall, then fall hard and dust yourself off for another run at it. We are trying to make the best we can out of our lives. We are trying to reach new levels of success that we have never reached before. Very few people reach the top by being realistic.

Now I want to keep it real, being unrealistic does not mean being a complete idiot. There is a small amount of perspective that needs to be realized. But for some of you this Tool really works in two ways. It will help you stop listening to others tell you which of your goals are appropriate and inappropriate, and it will get you out of your comfort zone and dreaming a little bigger. Many reading this have not reached new heights because realism doesn’t allow for building or climbing. So stop being realistic and take off the restraints of realism.