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> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA! Defeatist thinking. As they say, pessimists get to be right, but optimists get to be rich.
by optimiz3 5y ago
> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!
Defeatist thinking. As they say, pessimists get to be right, but optimists get to be rich.
- arrow7000 5y agoHow's that working out for you?
- optimiz3 5y agoMy oldest TSLA shares are from back in 2013; other decisions along these lines have given me the freedom to pursue what I love in life.
- sudosysgen 5y agoIt's really not optimism, it's self-delusion that does improve the chance of sucessful outcomes. If I recall correctly Hayek actually writes about it as some point, I can't recall exactly where though.
- SZJX 5y agoIt surely has a limit though. If you don’t have any actual skills and the hours put into acquiring them, but only bluff with buzzwords and delude yourself into believing that you have said skills while in reality you’re far, far from those who have actually put in the hours and mastered them, you won’t actually get very far. Of course in the OP’s case, things like buying Tesla stocks or crypto back in the day might have made him rich, but it might not have that much to do with being “optimistic”/“pessimistic”, but instead might be more a case of “getting lucky” I guess.
- sudosysgen 5y agoDefinitely. Personally I'd never try to delude myself.