Dienstag, November 19, 2013

Do not get real.

Since the past, people around the world started to invent something which was believed to be impossible at that time. Wright brothers were credited for their discovery in aviation. Thomas Alva Edison is known for his lightbulbs. Namely a few, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, and Benjamin Franklin were among the famous inventors during their time.

People challenge their capability in many areas. Competing each other to be the leader in technology or to build the biggest and tallest structures. In automotive industry, manufacture bet their finest to produce not only the fastest and safest car, but also eco friendly vehicle.

To be on top of the world, it means to work harder than the competitor and like never before. Athletes work around the clock at training. They are not just regular, but they are extraordinary. Just for an example, Tony hawk is professional skateboarders who first to land a ‘900’, a trick involving the completion of two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions on a skateboard after 11th trials. Since then, that trick seems easy and become a routine in his every appearance. Same goes to other extreme games’ athletes.

Humans have been to the highest summit of the world and to deepest part on earth, have experienced the fastest, the biggest; just name it, all are there on the record. Yet they are still fighting to be the best of the best – to the extreme.

The latest; ‘The Red Bull Stratos’ is a mission to the edge of space, where Felix Baumgartner will be raised to 120,000 ft in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. This is not about ‘getting real’ but a ‘daredevil’ scene. One of the best thing about getting involves in an extreme project is that, it allows ones to work with the greatest. This program brings together experts from world's leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication.

Next time when people say ‘get real’ is probably means limit yourself. That is only good for those who seek for security. But if we really want to achieve great, don't get real, but get intelligent and go beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward. Be extraordinary. Because what is real to us today is based on our past experiences and if we limit our future base on our past we hardly go anywhere

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