I’ve been reflecting on Daniel Kahneman’s note on “wishing for optimism” over the past few days. In a conversation with an insightful friend, we talked about how self-confidence and optimism often go hand in hand.
I define confidence as the ability to look ahead at a challenge and say “this might not work… and that’s okay.”
Optimism is a pre-requisite – else we wouldn’t believe everything will turn out okay.
Optimism inspires self-confidence. Self-confidence gives us the mental strength unlocks to take on and make it through the hard stuff.
It is the skill that unlocks the good life. A skill worth building.
