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.