> So in the end you must have some form of strategy. Strategy for what? One piece of the puzzle missing here is the goal, strategy only follows from that. I u

> So in the end you must have some form of strategy. Strategy for what? One piece of the puzzle missing here is the goal, strategy only follows from that. I understand this is hacker news, but still it sometimes feels like people here assume everyone's life goal is a multi-billion exit. A more common goal might instead be to e.g. live a peaceful life, spend a lot of time with their family and friends, etc. Such goal will have a completely different rational strategy to achieve it. > So you could also balance it out, that you spend 90% time on opportunities and 10% time on risks. You're equating optimism with spending time/effort on looking for opportunities, but that for me doesn't ring true. Acting on the opportunities is what IMHO is the core feature of optimism. You can have a 90/10 of time dedicated to opportunities/risks, but if you don't make the jump, you're not an optimist.