> How does one work constructively out of that? That's the part where people think you're encourages laziness. Look, my initial point wasn't "just close your

> How does one work constructively out of that? That's the part where people think you're encourages laziness. Look, my initial point wasn't "just close your eyes and believe real hard". Perhaps you were taking it that way? My point was, people act (in general) consistently with what they believe. If you believe that you can make a future, you generally act to make a future. If you believe you can't, you may make halfhearted attempts because people tell you to, but you generally don't work the same as the person who thinks it's possible to actually make something happen. The belief isn't what drives the outcome - the action is. But the action flows out of the belief. [Edit to reply, since I'm rate-limited: Fair reply. Yes, you did say that in your initial comment; I had forgotten. Thanks for the charitable reading.]