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Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Lessons - Why Unreasonable Goals Are Actually Easier to Achieve (Scott)

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

Business, Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this "Lessons" episode, we explore why unreasonable goals are actually easier to achieve than realistic ones. Through examples from the Wright brothers to Richard Branson, we examine how the fiercest competition exists for "realistic" goals, making them paradoxically harder to attain. Discover the three psychological barriers that keep most people locked in mediocrity, why your brain releases more dopamine for audacious targets, and how aiming unreasonably high creates an asymmetric bet with massive upside. Even if you fall short of your unreasonable goal, you'll still go further than those who played it safe.

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0:00.0

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0:53.7

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0:54.4

everything secure. In this lesson's episode, we explore why unreasonable goals are actually

0:59.6

easier to achieve than realistic ones. Through examples from the Wright brothers to Richard Branson,

1:04.6

we examine how the fiercest competition exists for realistic goals, making them paradoxically

1:10.7

harder to attain.

1:11.8

Discover the three psychological barriers that keep most people locked in mediocrity,

1:16.3

while your brain releases more dopamine for audacious targets,

1:19.5

and how aiming unreasonably high creates an asymmetric bet with massive upside.

1:25.0

Even if you fall short of your unreasonable goal,

1:29.3

you'll still go further than those who played it safe. Today, I'm going to make the argument for why unreasonable goals are actually easier to achieve.

1:46.6

I wrote about this topic this week in my newsletter.

1:49.1

I think it's a very important idea for us to wrap our heads around because all entrepreneurs,

1:54.1

even if you're just starting out in your career or if you are a little bit more advanced,

1:57.9

everyone around you is going to tell you to be reasonable, to be realistic,

2:03.0

and I'm going to make the argument that even though their intentions are good, that idea is

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