The Realist: A Pessimist in an Optimist's clothing.

The dictionary definition of a realist is "a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are." Isn't that inherently limiting? Doesn't that mean they take reality and probability into account? Can anything incredible be achieved by a realist? Was Einstein, Spielberg, Obama, Hawking or anyone who's done anything impressive a realist? I think not.

Realists are nothing more than pessimists in optimists' clothing. They hate to admit they're pessimists, so they created "realism." Sure, realists may not be Debbie Downers like some stereotypical pessimists, but at the end of they day, they can't believe in the impossible. And if you can't believe in the impossible then you can't achieve it.

It's a small lifestyle

For years I've heard the expression "It's a small world," but in reality it's not at all; it's a small lifestyle. We all, whether we're lower, middle or upper class all tend to stay in our sphere.

If someone travels to a 5 star Caribbean hotel and runs into someone they know the first thing they'll say is "oh my, what a small world we live in!" It's not a small world! It's a small lifestyle.

We're about to hit 7 billion people and if I ever run into the Vietnamese tow truck driver I met in LA again, that's a small world!