Realist

…In his mind, like, no, you focus on your restaurant. At the time I owned a restaurant, that's something that's real. That's something you can make money at. Writing and speaking, doing that for a living. For him, he was being a realist. He wasn't even trying to be negative. He was just being a realist of how he saw the world. But I didn't see the world as he…

…And then time and time again, they accomplished the very thing that they thought was impossible because of his optimism. So leaders lead with this faith. They lead with belief. They lead with what's possible. So I think it's often dangerous to say, I'm just being a realist. I think it's okay to confront the reality, but why not say we could find a way to ma…

…If you're complaining, you're not leading. Complainers focus on problems. Positive leaders focus on solutions. So we have to understand too that it's all about, you know, it's subjective. It's never objective. You talk about realism. You know, people say, I'm just being a realist. You know, I'm just being a realist. Well, yeah, you're being a realist. But g…