Why indefinite optimism might just be the 1 thing holding you back...

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In this world of optimism, adults and dreamers alike are split right down the middle:

there are the definite optimists and there are indefinite optimists.

The definite optimists, typically researchers, scientistics, entrepreneurs, & innovators of new technology, set definite goals with a tangible plan to get there.

The indefinite optimists, typically those who try to “manifest” frequently, social scientists, & goal-with-out-a-plan-ers, find themselves setting goals yet failing to establish tangible plans.

While indefinite optimists talk then do,

definite optimists do then talk.

Do not be, nor do the former.

Here’s why:

Definite optimists are what drive our civilization forward and adapt us to newer conditions through what was once proprietary technology, but now available to everyone.

We live in a time where action, and action with the concept of “flow”, also known as Deep Work, is decreasingly utilized.

Most people are lazy.

Look around you —

most people don’t research, most people don’t iterate products, most people don’t do discovery calls to maximize value — most people don’t have the willpower nor the tools to.

But I’d argue that you’re lucky we’re here in a world where a bias towards implementation is getting ever more rare & exponentially more valuable.

Yet again, one more reason to not be most people.

There was a survey conducted for high school seniors,

52% believed they would be millionaires by 25. In just 7 years.

52%.

This is evidence of indefinite optimism.

There’s a golden rule from Nassim Taleb, author of Skin in the Game that reads:

It is my belief that since most people don’t see the truth in this line as it pertains to the game of life, definite optimism will become ever-so increasingly rare.

Albeit, this is a virtue for you since you’re here.

Leverage that.

See ya next week!

P.S., the only way this grows is through word-of-mouth,

So if you know of 1 or 2 people who need to hear this,

Please send it their way.

You never know, it might just change the world of someone else.