"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

It is probably the number two task of leadership -- asking. You ask people to do things, and when they do -- well, stuff happens.

But what really extends your ability to make big things happen is asking for things that are "unreasonable."

What is unreasonable? Asking people for things you have no right to expect from them, which under ordinary circumstances, you would expect them to say, "no." But asking anyway.

The trick is to expect them to say yes, and not worry about whether they do or they don