Optimism: The Performance Enhancer You’re Allowed to Take
- suneel172
- Aug 9
- 1 min read
"Optimism is a performance enhancing drug that’s both legal and free." – Shane Parrish
Without optimism, you don’t even give things a chance to work.
You ignore quarter chances, dismiss half chances, and walk away from opportunities simply because you’ve already decided they won’t succeed.
It’s not that life doesn’t give you openings — it’s that you shut the door before stepping in.
When you presume every prospect is doomed, every idea is a non-starter, you’re not just being “realistic.”
You’re robbing yourself of possibilities.
The cost?
Missed opportunities that could have been game-changers.
Relationships that never deepen because you assume they’ll fade.
Results that never arrive because you never started.
| "Without optimism, you don’t even give things a chance to work."
Optimism isn’t blind faith.
It’s the willingness to try before you decide something won’t work.
It’s the lens that says:
“This might just work — and I’ll give it my best shot.”
The world doesn’t reward cynicism.
It rewards those who act, and optimism fuels action.
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