Error on the Side of Overestimating

Tony Robbins said in his book Awaken the Giant Within that if you are going to error, error on the side of overestimating. This was in the context of a pessimist v.s. an optimist. A pessimist will underestimate what they can do and so will not reach their fullest potential. An optimist will overestimate what they can do and reach beyond their fullest potential. As I’ve said in previous posts, people like to reach goals 80% of the time. They like setting goals that are just out of their reach. It’s not fun reaching every goal all the time nor is it fun never reaching goals. This is related to overestimating what you can do. You are going to enjoy it more when you try to exceed your fullest potential to reach your goal. How many times have you done something you didn’t know you could do? It felt amazing right? Often doing something that we never thought we could do is outside of our comfort zone. Once we have done it there is no looking back. You have moved the boundaries of your limits and your comfort zone. Once you’ve gone beyond your limits once, what other limits can you go beyond? Could you start making it a habit to go beyond? Could you wire yourself to become an optimist? I believe you can. You can change your life and start doing what you never thought imaginable. So if you start moving the goalposts in your life a little farther away each time, you will begin the process of becoming an optimist. Reach further than you’ve ever reached before. Imagine the changes you will make in your life.