There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. Most people have an ideal image of themselves. That is because they have built an ideal image of themselves which puts their real self in the shade. Maybe Alpha Centauri.
Mistakes are excellent teachers.
I'll show you a guy you can beat every time. After all, it's not perfect being perfect. When we put ourselves on the path of expansion by committing to a goal that's outside our comfort zone, we're going to be given a lot of opportunities to expand. We are not going to be able to choose all those opportunities for expansion. Let's say someone's goal is to get her body in shape.