Wisdom For Extraordinary Living
Why It’s Realistic To Be Unrealistic
“The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits.” -Timothy Ferriss.
Wanna’ listen to this on your iPod in audio form? Right click this text and select “Save Target As” or “Save Link As” or “Kiss My Booty Baby”.
Confession: I think i may have a man-crush on Tim Ferriss. True. The guy is a brilliant bad ass kick-boxing champ who can lay down the law in six languages. He is also the first American in history to hold a Guinness World Record in Tango. Why do i freely flaunt these fun facts? Simple: This dude lives one of the most extraordinary lives of anyone i know. Bonkers.
The fascinating freak-show-ish ideas that Ferris features in his fantastic Four Hour Work Week book, really rub me the right way. The book has a bunch of awesomely effective and super practical step-by-step solutions to “extraordinarifying” everyday life. In today’s quick episode of Everyday Epiphanies, i’m going to shine the spotlight on the idea of being “unrealistic” (you know, as in actually wanting to LIVE life) and how an alteration of perspective can result in a rewardingly priceless paradigm. Peep game:
1. Stop Overestimating the World.
People in this world don’t have some huge advantage over you. Really, people are not as confident, not as secure, nor focused, or determined as you think they are. In other words, stop sweating the “competition” and handle ya’ biz with passion, persistence, and perspective. Everyone is insecure about something. The difference between John Doe and Mr. Super Successful Person is that Mr. Successful feels the fear, recognizes it, and then moves through it anyway (often more energized and even driven by it too.) Reorient your relationship with fear. Powerful.
2. It’s Lonely At the Top.
Ninety-nine percent of people are convinced that they can’t achieve extraordinary things in life. So paradoxically these sorry souls (old self included) all aim to accomplish an above average mediocre existence, just like every other John Doe, making it a difficult target to nail.
3. Realistic Goals Are Really Restrictions.
Make your goals something meaningful to get giddy about, not just a new grande latte shaker maker. When you commit yourself to a big-dawg goal, it’s like taking a spiritual syringe and giving yourself a strong shot of enthusiasm laced with adrenaline right in your forehead. Who’s down to OD on summa’ dat’ dopeness!?! As tough Timothy says “I’m prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming!” Love that.
4. Well, Now Whatcha’ Want?
May i dare say: Sit down happiness, the spotlight has shifted. Tim talk’s about how everyone and their mother says that they wanna’ be happy, and as a result, happiness has become this elusive term overloaded with ambiguity. He says the opposite of happiness is boredom, yet the opposite of boredom is excitement. So whether we wanna’ call it our passion, our bliss, or our excitement, the essential idea is evident – identify and create a life that is based on doing what you love.
5. Correcting Your Course: Dreamlining.
Since Sensophy stands for more than strictly philosophizing, here are some steps you can take to become actionated in busting out some baby steps toward your big-dawg delicious dream. Tim suggests an exercise called Dreamlining for actualizing our dreams. Here are three things that the exercise entails:
- Evolving your ambiguous wants into definitive steps.
- Becoming “unrealistic” in order to be effective.
- Focusing on doing goals, not having them. (For more on that click here: Be Your Goals)
Here are all of the resources that you need to get this exercise going: Ideal Lifestyle Costing.
Now What?
Now it’s time to DO YOU homeboy. Drop a note below and let’s make magic manifest!!
On Purpose,
Jacob
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17 Responses to Why It’s Realistic To Be Unrealistic
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Dope article dude – Thanks for the share. I've come across Chris' site before and he's got some wicked material. Appreciate the check in yo – chat soon!
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Love it! This it totally inspiring me to re-read the book. You can't help but wanna step up your game. Well done :)
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Thank you sistuh'… And thanks for the recommendation on reading 4HWW… Probably wouldn't have this up if you didn't confess your schoolgirl entrepreneurial crush on Timothy too. Talk soooon…
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Jayne says:
This is one book I've not read but having seen how it's inspired you, I've just ordered it! Another fabulously inspiring kick-ass video Jacob – whatever you're 'on', I want some NOW!!!!!!
Keep rockin' it! :)
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LMAO! I believe its pronounced, "life"… That's whatsup Jayne! Excited to trade notes and see how you implement some of the gems from it… Chat soon!
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Jacob, how did you create the e-book mock-up front cover?
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I used a piece of software called Cover Action Pro 2 (really dope stuff!) … Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxrfNQ1PEAU and make sure you let me know if you have any questions!! Talk soon…
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Awesome, thanks Jacob! I'm working on a new idea at the mo so this will be very useful! You're a star! :)
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Jacob, this is what I needed to hear today! I set a big audacious goal a few months ago and I firmly subscribe to everything you talk about in this post.
Sometimes I just need to hear it from someone other than myself!
Keep up the good work man!
- Devin
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AMAZING man! Thrilled that you got something outta' this toward the actualization of your dreams dude. Looking fwd to continuing to link. Rock on 10k all day!
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Well, I have a girl crush on Mr. Superhuman, it's very enjoyable, considering he's shirtless all over the internet. Nice. I like this post and will be cheking back for more. Rock on Jacob! BTW, have you taken a blogging course or did you just learn this by yourself? Your blog is well laid out.
love the energy in this one – awesome that this book & Tim are kicking you to a new level.
and congrats on the break-thrus with the emails – i've had similar moments; when you realize that you CAN communicate (that is, no one is stopping you) and then DO, and then HEAR BACK, it's pretty awesome stuff.
excited to see how you develop the site!
think you'll also dig this link: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/how-to-be-awesome/