The Real World

A lady in the audience said "That's all fine, but it's different in the real world". That sort of comment always makes me think back to the statement I read in a book called Rework. "Ignore the real world: The real world is a toxic place where dreams are slaughtered by those who are too coward to try. Somebody else's reality doesn't have to be yours, so define your own reality with your own existence and ignore the rest". (Rework, a Book by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson.)
Many use the real world as an excuse not to have a crack. ... a reason why something cannot be done. A reason not to put themselves out there.  "The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly". Not to the person in the grandstand critiquing and blaming the real world.... the yeah but people.  Shoutout to Ben White for the pic.