I enjoy doing things never done before. I enjoy doing things BECAUSE they’ve never been done before.
Something about making the impossible seem possible really fires me up. I can sense the joy it sparks in me.
I like to state it as: I eat the words “It can’t be done” for breakfast.
I love my role in sharing that with others.
One of my favorite “easy” tricks is to ask someone what their “Impossible Dream” is. Almost always, I’m actually going to say 100% percent of the time, their Impossible Dream through my lens is actually a “Probable Dream”.
There was nothing impossible about it, except them choosing to see it that way. Me relabeling it as a “Probable Dream” was all they needed. All of a sudden it seems very small and doable.
I use the word “Probable” instead of “Possible” because their big dream that they had is actually likely to happen, not even just possible, but likely.
One of my favorite organizations is the Ocean Cleanup Project. I’ve been watching and supporting it for some time. I loved the audacity of its founder, Boyan Slat, just 18 years old when he dared pitch his idea to the world: That we had the ability today to clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch, and do so in a relatively small number of years.
The project has gone from idea to execution, and just recently they announced the creation of products made with recycled plastic from the garbage patch. Their first product was sunglasses. Each pair sold will fund 24 football fields of cleanup. They are now able to create income from the cleanup itself. I ordered a pair immediately.
They now estimate they can cleanup most of the garbage patch and cut off 80% of the incoming trash through filters on polluted river ways, and do so in a very short time frame.
I love having tangible evidence of someone dabbling in making the impossible possible. I wear the physical evidence every day.
Humanity is faced with challenges that sometimes seem completely overwhelming. The solutions come from those who will bust through conventional thinking. I’m proud to be a part of that, and happy to inspire others to as well.
What is your “Impossible Dream”? What changes for you when you call it your “Probable Dream” instead?
