![]() ![]() Now they see what the goal morphed into, they don’t laugh anymore.įorm illusions in your mind. When I told people my original goal they thought I was delusional. That led to books, consulting, and starting an online business. And it led me to write 5000+ stories on the internet. I got started and figured out that’s not what I wanted. Originally I wanted to create the biggest self-improvement website on the internet. Once you’re in motion nothing can stop you. It helps provide the creative spark that sets you in motion. The illusion is just a fire starter inside of you. The original goal is never the end goal - and that’s the whole point. Only when you can see a goal in your mind can you contemplate what’s required to do it. When others hear about or even see them in the physical world, they assume you’re not-quite-right. I must create an illusion to see past where I am right now or stay here forever - optimistic people create illusions in their brains. I found this hiding at the bottom of an instagram post: This quote will light a fire inside of you Yesterday I planned to do 10 Zoom calls, write 4 articles, publish 12 tweets, get a haircut, play with my daughter, and watch a 3-hour course.īeing delusional about time is awesome because it helps you prioritize the biggest enablers of your delusion. So it drives me to be more time efficient, thus helping me get more done. Delusional time management skills are the best Others call it entrepreneurship, that only special people get to do. We can work crazy, unreasonable 12-hour days when we get an idea and want to work on it.We want to make unreasonable amounts of money.We delusionally optimistic people live by the mantra “ screw being normal.” I’m starting to think success may actually be a mental illness. Success isn’t the result of sanityĮveryone who’s obsessed and practices delusional optimism like me is a little messed up. The only way to break through is to smash through with delusional optimism. The resistance to get momentum is too great. Only those who are unreasonable enough to demand more from themselves and others will make it. The only way to numb the pain is with addiction - drugs, Netflix, p*rn, TikTok, social media, alcohol, and coffee ( a psychedelic). You’re always busy because you’re serving other people’s priorities that enable their dream.Įventually the boredom and lack of creativity take over. So what happens is you rent your time to a company for a discount so they can make a profit on your most scarce life resource. We knew we were capable of more but we weren’t delusional enough to try it and risk failure and embarrassment. I worked with a whole team of realistic people in banking. Nothing ever happened as a result of my realistic thoughts though. I could tell you the flaw of any idea & get people to believe it. Those like me who knew him well knew it was hidden genius.īeing realistic will never make you successful. Those who didn’t know him called him delusional. He could make stuff happen that looks impossible. You’d think the employees wouldn’t trust him.īut you know what? He was right. When someone tried to buy the company he told them it cost $50M, even though it made a few million. ![]() He’d have a product idea and want it live in 24 hours. It made him sound like a douchebag.Įverything this guy did at the company was pure madness. doi:10.3389/ hours he bragged that he liked to be a sugar daddy. Delusional themes across affective and non-affective psychoses. ![]() Picardi A, Fonzi L, Pallagrosi M, Gigantesco A, Biondi M. Mixed states in bipolar disorder: Etiology, pathogenesis and treatment. Treatment for substance use disorder with co-occurring mental illness. Understanding, treating, and renaming grandiose delusions: A qualitative study. Ten-year updated meta-analysis of the clinical characteristics of pediatric mania and hypomania. Van Meter AR, Burke C, Kowatch RA, Findling RL, Youngstrom EA. Bipolar disorder: What kind of disturbances of thought content and perception are observed?. Nascimento M, Marinho M, Sobreira G, et al. Paranoia and grandiosity in the general population: Differential associations with putative causal factors. ![]()
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