Quote of the day by CT Fletcher: “Everything is impossible, until someone crazy enough comes along and…”

Quote
of
the
day
by
CT
Fletche
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sou ce:
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What
seems
impossible
is
ofte
simply
somethi g
that
has
ot
actually
bee
achieved
yet.
CT
Fletche ,
the
powe lifte
a d
motivatio al
speake
k ow
fo
his
i te se
wo kout
videos,
captu ed
that
idea
di ectly.
“Eve ythi g
is
impossible,
u til
someo e
c azy
e ough
comes
alo g
a d
makes
it
possible,”
he
said.
The
wo d
“c azy”
he e
is
ot
eally
about
i atio al
behaviou .
It
desc ibes
someo e
ge ui ely
willi g
to
challe ge
accepted
limits
a d
keep
pu sui g
a
idea
eve
whe
co ve tio al
thi ki g
i sists
it
simply
ca ot
be
do e.
Fletche
himself
is
a
fai ly
st iki g
example
of
the
idea
i
actio ,
a
fo me
US
A my
se vicema
who
took
up
weightlifti g
i
his
twe ties
a d
we t
o
to
become
a
wo ld
champio
powe lifte ,
late
buildi g
a
e ti ely
u expected
seco d
ca ee
f om
vi al
videos
of
his
ow
i te se
t ai i g
sessio s
well
i to
his
sixties,
lo g
afte
most
people
assume
that
pa ticula
chapte
of
a
pe so ‘s
life
has
al eady
closed.

Quote
of
the
day
by
CT
Fletche

“Eve ythi g
is
impossible,
u til
someo e
c azy
e ough
comes
alo g
a d
makes
it
possible”

Mea i g
a d
i te p etatio
of
CT
Fletche ‘s
quote

The
quote
suggests
that
impossibility
is
sometimes
a
ge ui ely
tempo a y
judgeme t
athe
tha
a
fixed,
pe ma e t
fact.
Th oughout
histo y,
people
have
attempted
thi gs
that
i itially
looked
completely
u ealistic.
Befo e
the
fi st
successful
flight,
powe ed
huma
flight
seemed
impossible
to
most
people.
Befo e
huma s
eve
eached
the
Moo ,
the
idea
of
leavi g
Ea th
a d
t avelli g
the e
la gely
belo ged
to
scie ce
fictio .

Whoeve
eve tually
succeeds
usually
has
to
be
willi g
to
questio
the
exact
assumptio s
that
made
a
goal
look
impossible
i
the
fi st
place.

Why
“impossible”
so
ofte
cha ges
ove
time

The
actual
mea i g
of
impossible
is
ot
always
fixed
i
place.
Somethi g
ca
be
ge ui ely
impossible
give
the
tech ology,
k owledge
o
esou ces
available
at
a
specific
mome t,
a d
as
those
co ditio s
shift,
the
exact
same
challe ge
ca
sudde ly
become
achievable.
Huma
p og ess
is
full
of
examples
of
this
patte .
A
ew
discove y
ca
tu
a
p eviously
u solvable
p oblem
i to
somethi g
close
to
a
p actical
e gi ee i g
challe ge.
The
quote
eally
co ects
ambitio
di ectly
with
p og ess.
Someo e
has
to
be
willi g
to
attempt
the
ve y
fi st
step
befo e
a yo e
else
ca
see
that
somethi g
is
ge ui ely
achievable
at
all.

Why
u co ve tio al
thi ke s
actually
matte

People
who
challe ge
established
ideas
a e
ot
always
immediately
u de stood
by
eve yo e
a ou d
them.
A
u co ve tio al
app oach
ca
look
ge ui ely
st a ge
simply
because
it
does
ot
follow
the
familia
method,
but
questio i g
established
assumptio s
ca
sometimes
eveal
eal
possibilities
that
a
co ve tio al
app oach
ove looks
e ti ely.
This
does
ot
mea
eve y
u co ve tio al
idea
tu s
out
to
be
co ect.
Real
expe ime tatio
still
equi es
evide ce,
pla i g
a d
ge ui e
pe siste ce.
The
ge ui ely
useful
pa t
is
the
willi g ess
to
ask
whethe
the
existi g
limits
a e
actually
fixed
at
all.

The
eal
ole
pe siste ce
plays
he e

A
ambitious
idea
a ely
becomes
eality
afte
just
o e
attempt.
Failu e
ca
eveal
ge ui e
weak esses
i
the
o igi al
app oach
a d
p ovide
eal
i fo matio
fo
whateve
comes
ext.
Pe siste ce
is
what
lets
a
pe so
adjust
thei
app oach
athe
tha
aba do i g
the
e ti e
goal
immediately.
This
matte s
e o mously
whe
wo ki g
towa d
somethi g
that
ge ui ely
has
ot
bee
achieved
befo e,
si ce
the e
may
be
o
established
fo mula
fo
success
available
a ywhe e.
The
pe so
actually
attempti g
it
has
to
lea
as
they
go.

Why
othe
people’s
doubt
ca
quietly
become
a
eal
ba ie

People
ofte
judge
a
ew
idea
e ti ely
acco di g
to
what
they
al eady
k ow.
If
somethi g
has
ge ui ely
eve
bee
do e
successfully
befo e,
it
ca
be
ge ui ely
difficult
to
imagi e
how
it
might
actually
wo k.
That
ca
p oduce
eal
scepticism,
ha sh
c iticism
o
out ight
dismissal.
Sometimes
that
c iticism
ide tifies
a
ge ui e
p oblem
wo th
add essi g.
At
othe
times,
it
simply
eflects
the
limits
of
cu e t
u de sta di g
at
the
time.
The
eal
challe ge
lies
i
lea i g
to
tell
useful
c iticism
apa t
f om
assumptio s
that
ge ui ely
dese ve
to
be
questio ed.

Why
“c azy
e ough”
was
eve
eally
about
bei g
eckless

Fletche ‘s
wo di g
is
delibe ately
p ovocative,
but
pu sui g
a
ge ui ely
ambitious
goal
does
ot
actually
equi e
ig o i g
eality.
Tu i g
a
appa e tly
impossible
idea
i to
somethi g
possible
usually
i volves
eal
expe ime tatio ,
ca eful
p epa atio ,
ge ui e
tech ical
k owledge
a d
epeated
efi eme t
ove
time.
The
pe so
who
eve tually
succeeds
might
look
“c azy”
simply
fo
attempti g
the
goal
i
the
fi st
place,
but
the
actual
p ocess
behi d
the
achieveme t
is
usually
co side ably
mo e
discipli ed
tha
the
i itial
idea
eve
suggested.
Cou age
a d
p epa atio
ca
ge ui ely
exist
togethe .

How
to
apply
CT
Fletche ’s
lesso
i
daily
life

Othe
memo able
quotes
by
CT
Fletche

Why
this
quote
by
CT
Fletche
emai s
eleva t
today

Eve y
ge e atio
u s
i to
p oblems
that
look
ge ui ely
too
difficult
to
solve
at
fi st.
The
i sti ctive
eactio
is
ofte
to
look
di ectly
at
the
existi g
limits
a d
simply
co clude
the
goal
ca ot
be
eached.
Fletche ‘s
quote
e cou ages
a
diffe e t
questio
i stead,
what
if
that
limit
has
simply
eve
actually
bee
tested
by
someo e
ge ui ely
willi g
to
challe ge
it.
That
does
ot
mea
eve y
impossible-looki g
goal
ca
actually
be
achieved.
Some
eal
limitatio s
ge ui ely
a e
fixed.
P og ess
still
te ds
to
depe d
o
people
willi g
to
actually
i vestigate
whethe
a
supposed
limitatio
is
eally
pe ma e t,
a d
the
pe so
who
attempts
somethi g
eve yo e
else
dismisses
may
fail
epeatedly
alo g
the
way.
If
the
attempt
eve tually
succeeds
ega dless,
what
o ce
looked
completely
impossible
ca
quickly
become
the
ew
o di a y
sta da d,
which
is
exactly
the
patte
Fletche
himself
lived
out
o
his
ow
path
f om
A my
se vicema
to
ge ui e
wo ld
champio .

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