“The optimist designed the aero plane and the pessimist designed the parachute” In today’s insightful episode Rob discusses the optimist vs the realist and the need for balance. Tune in to discover the upside and the downside of being a pessimist and an optimist, how you can master goal setting and fear setting and how you too, can achieve wisdom, clarify and banish fear so you can take your business to the next level. KEY TAKEAWAYS When most people say they are a realist, what they mean is they’re scared. Realists follow the ‘glass half empty viewpoint’ and in reality, they are a pessimist. Realists are worried about making mistakes, taking risks, failing and what other people feel about them. If you want to change the world you can’t be a realist, you need to be an optimist   A realist waits for the proof something can be done, an optimist explores what could be done and hasn’t been proven yet.   The optimist thinks the pessimist is scared and the pessimist thinks the optimist is naive and in reality, they’re both correct and have equal upsides and downsides.   The ideal mindset is a mixture of realism and optimism deployed equally in your industry. As a property investor you need to be an optimist to see deals, margins and investment where others don’t, but also be realistic about the numbers and the yield you’re looking to achieve.   It’s important to stay balanced. In reality, a ‘realist’ should be an optimist when required and a realist when required. ‘Goal setting’ is planning the upside and ‘fear setting’ is planning for the downside.   If you become the optimist, the realist and the pessimist in any given situation you will then have wisdom.    BEST MOMENTS “Human progress is not realistic, it’s a dream, fantasy and a vision and it takes these types of people to change the world.” “Wisdom is understanding the universal law of balance and duality” “If you want to change the world you need to be an optimist”   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com