I think you gotta be naive enough to have schlep blindness, but experienced/skilled enough to have some hope of making a dent in your target. So I'm not sure i

I think you gotta be naive enough to have schlep blindness, but experienced/skilled enough to have some hope of making a dent in your target. So I'm not sure if ignorance is exactly what's called for...maybe irrational optimism is more like it?