Is it Better to Dream Big or Set Realistic Goals? with B. Scott Taylor

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3, um, I would set goals and expectations. I would write them down. I would put time frames around them. In other words, reaching for the sky is something that people say, and what they really mean is that if you reach, then if you fall, you'll be close to wherever you wanted to be in the first place. I don't know if I believe in that. Find something that you're capable of, even if you have to push yourself. Don't set unrealistic goals because when you you get defeated often, you'll give up entirely. So I think you have to be careful about setting expectations. Make sure they're reasonable, they're obtainable, even if it means you have to work really hard, but it's not out of the question.

I got it. So basically, dream big, but it's really baby step. It's step by step that you're going to get to the vision. But sometimes it's almost— you're saying don't dream too big.

Yeah, I'm saying, I'm saying don't dream too big. I gave a presentation in front of 600-something people at some executive meeting when the book From Good to Great came out. You remember this book? Very popular. They talk about what's the difference between good and great. And I thought, is good a bad word? Because when people say, wow, you're really good at that, that's like a complimentary word. Why do I have to be great at something? Why can't I be good? And so I think it's important to distinguish. I'm not going to be a great basketball player. I'm not going to be even a great entrepreneur. I'm a good entrepreneur. I made some money.

I think you have to be good with the business that you're developing. The business whether it's virtualrelocation.com or any business that you have, you have— it has to be good, it has to work, it has to attract customers.

I went big because I can go big. I know that about myself. I went big. I, I wrote a book, I had a radio show.

Welcome to Driving Impact. Now that you've listened to tip number 3, I just want to add another commentary because what's interesting here is that you can go big, and Scott says, I went big because I know I can go big. And the nuance here is that you can go big if you know that you can deliver on a big, bold, and hairy vision. And that brings us back to know thyself. You gotta know yourself. If you're somebody where dreaming extremely big is something that's gonna energize you, then go for it. If you're somebody that dreaming extremely big is gonna put you in freeze or hyperfreeze mode, maybe that's not what you need. Maybe you need the play-by-play. Maybe you need to write those goals and you need to work differently. But that's a good perspective. Know thyself.