When Optimism Is No Longer An Asset

The outcome of blind hope can be fatal.

Kate Ward

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No self-respecting positive psychologist will tell you that optimism can hold you hostage. But it can, and often times, it will.

This is most apparent in careers and marriages. We hold out hope that one day things will spontaneously improve, accepting mediocrity in the short-run (in ourselves and others).

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Kate Ward

Thinking deeply about how to make myself and the world a little better. & writing about creators mostly | email: kate@onedayent.com