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Optimism
Pessimism is often a failure of imagination. If you can imagine the future being brighter, it lifts your energy and gooses the chemistry in your body that produces a sensation of happiness.
Scott Adams • How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
Morgan Housel on finding the sensible balance between optimism and pessimism:
“Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that's incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery. And in fa... See more
“Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that's incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery. And in fa... See more
James Clear • Highlights From jamesclear.com
A Way to Understand Optimism
Jeffrey Zaslow • The Last Lecture
Pessimism and optimism share a trait: both are self-fulfilling. Your intention influences the outcome. Call it karma or, simply, effort. I would rather inhabit a future that has the possibility of being great.
Only optimists can create a great future. Only optimists can imagine it. Only optimists will put in the effort to make it. If you want to cre... See more
Only optimists can create a great future. Only optimists can imagine it. Only optimists will put in the effort to make it. If you want to cre... See more