Don't Limit Yourself ! (Prof.K-4 entries)

I follow this guy on Facebook. I read his book, "Do Over". It had some good advice. He asks questions sometimes. This is the first one I've answered:

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 Five K is the beginning of any marathon. There has never ever been a marathon run that did not start with 5K.If you run 5k, maybe I'm going to bet, you can run 10. Then you can probably work your way up to 12, and then 15, then 20, etc. but, if you set a goal for five... well, you ran 5K, and that's great. If you set a goal of 100 books, and you only get 1/4 of the way there, you have still read more than 24 books. Whether or not 100 books is attainable is not even really relevant. The more important issue is questioning your goal and your ability to achieve it. I would bet that the person that does so instantly becomes less likely to reach it. They have already said,"Well, I can't do that." A person who looks at it and says,"Yes, that's a lot, but lets see how many I CAN read...", if they maintain the proper attitude, I'm willing to bet, will probably exceed the lower number.

 I used to sell cars. I'm not proud of that, but I did. We would have a meeting at the beginning of every month, My boss would ask each of us for a goal. The average car salesman in that area at that time sold around 12 cars per month. He would go around the room and ask each person, and they would tell their goal:12, 15...20. When he would get to me, I would say fifty. 

He would get mad at me and yell, "Nobody can sell fifty cars in a month!", and he would quote statistics and froth at the mouth. "The average sales person sells "X". They talk to "Y" number of people every month. They make "Z" number of phone calls... In order to sell fifty cars you would need to talk to however many people...So how to you plan on doing that?"  

I would say,"Bring me that many people." 

He would get irate.

 The fact of the matter is, I never sold fifty cars in one month. But, one month, I did sell 48. I was always his top sales person.