Good one, hun? He shoots; he scores!
While I thought I'd heard almost every witty rebuttal for dimwitted thinking, that one's skipped me for what, 23 years in business? Better late then never, they say. Much more better than just learning new repartee to add to my repertoire, it brought light on the whole notion of wishful thinking.
More specifically, the silliness in it all.
While I'm all for stretch goals, overachieving objectives and unbridled "was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" enthusiasm (a classic line from John Belushi in the movie Animal House) - pure wishful thinking, aka day dreaming - without any degree of practicality and an empirical reality of becoming true - is silly. And unless you live your life in a movie, a book or a song - it's pretty much a waste of time and energy. Moreover, wishful thinking is fraught with danger and heartbreak; let alone financial ruin if entrusted too much, or taken too far. Beware!
Heck, I wouldn't even waste a quarter in the wishing well on something that didn't have at least some outside chance of coming true. That said, I'm thinking about throwing in a ten spot to wish the Butler Bulldogs win the NCAA tourney. But hey, that one's got a realistic shot at happening though, right? Go Dawgz!
The moral of the story: stay away from unrealistic silly wishes. They'll get you nowhere, fast. Think positive pragmatism, instead. And while they may someday invent chocolate chip cookies that cure baldness, or other such crazy wishes in business or life might actually someday come true - it's best to keep it real.
Keeping It Real Is Good.
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