Meir Ezra The Benefits of Being Unreasonable
Meir Ezra: The Benefits of Being
Unreasonable
You succeed when you are unreasonable. You neither give nor accept excuses. You insist on success.
L. Ron Hubbard defines reasonableness as "faulty explanations."
When you agree with faulty explanations, you are too reasonable.
Examples of faulty explanations:
"I can’t repair your furnace today as it might rain." The truth is, the repairman is going to a basketball game.
"None of the staff will work past 5:00." The truth is, the manager does not want to work past 5:00.
"I can’t pay you as I promised as my wife is sick and can’t fix our meals." The truth is, he is spending the money elsewhere.
"We’ll never get this project done today as we’ve never done it in one day before." The truth is, they’ve never tried to get it done in one day.
Why Agree?
If you agree with faulty explanations, you agree to fail.
Excuses, justifications and reasonableness produce nothing.
Yet disagreeing often helps you succeed.
"If you can’t fix the furnace today because of the rain, no problem. I’ll see if I can find someone who repairs furnaces, despite the rain."
"I believe lots of people will work past 5:00. You are the manager and need to handle the schedules. Do you need me to show you how to do it?" "Well, I’m sorry about your wife, but don’t see how that’s related. You agreed to pay me today, so I’ll have to get the money from you right now as you promised."
"So what if we’ve never done a project like this in one day. We are better at this than ever before and I think we can get it done if we get going right now!"
The sun shines, the birds sing and everything improves when you disagree with faulty explanations. The lies disappear, the truth comes out and the solutions are obvious.
As well as being unreasonable about problems with others, you must be unreasonable with yourself. For example, "I’m tired and want to go
home early. Too bad! I need to disagree and WAKE UP! I'll take a brisk walk. Today should be a day I can be proud of."
Unreasonable
You succeed when you are unreasonable. You neither give nor accept excuses. You insist on success.
L. Ron Hubbard defines reasonableness as "faulty explanations."
When you agree with faulty explanations, you are too reasonable.
Examples of faulty explanations:
"I can’t repair your furnace today as it might rain." The truth is, the repairman is going to a basketball game.
"None of the staff will work past 5:00." The truth is, the manager does not want to work past 5:00.
"I can’t pay you as I promised as my wife is sick and can’t fix our meals." The truth is, he is spending the money elsewhere.
"We’ll never get this project done today as we’ve never done it in one day before." The truth is, they’ve never tried to get it done in one day.
Why Agree?
If you agree with faulty explanations, you agree to fail.
Excuses, justifications and reasonableness produce nothing.
Yet disagreeing often helps you succeed.
"If you can’t fix the furnace today because of the rain, no problem. I’ll see if I can find someone who repairs furnaces, despite the rain."
"I believe lots of people will work past 5:00. You are the manager and need to handle the schedules. Do you need me to show you how to do it?" "Well, I’m sorry about your wife, but don’t see how that’s related. You agreed to pay me today, so I’ll have to get the money from you right now as you promised."
"So what if we’ve never done a project like this in one day. We are better at this than ever before and I think we can get it done if we get going right now!"
The sun shines, the birds sing and everything improves when you disagree with faulty explanations. The lies disappear, the truth comes out and the solutions are obvious.
As well as being unreasonable about problems with others, you must be unreasonable with yourself. For example, "I’m tired and want to go
home early. Too bad! I need to disagree and WAKE UP! I'll take a brisk walk. Today should be a day I can be proud of."