Comments on: A Downside to Optimism

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:51:49 +0000

I think the post above made some interesting points, on a related side note I found a used version ofInternational Accounting which is directly related to this topic for lessthan the bookstores at http://www.belabooks.com/books/9780073379623.htm

By: Bob from Attract-a-Profitable-Home-Business.com

Bob from Attract-a-Profitable-Home-Business.com — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:57:01 +0000

I believe optimism is great, but needs to be tempered by intuition and experience. You were given signals by most of the builders what the house would cost. One builder came in much lower. If you wanted to truly test that your optimism could win out, maybe you should have taken even more estimates and then listened to what your intuition told you? Life is all about experiences. Maybe yours will help us all to remember to stay grounded while staying optimistic. Thanks for sharing.

By: Jason Marsh - Website Designer

Jason Marsh - Website Designer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:43:53 +0000

So true, we sometimes don’t want to face the reality of the situation so we hope for better circumstances or look past the reality of the situation. Nothing wrong with being optimistic, but not an excuse to disregard the reality of the matter.

By: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:34:35 +0000

Nothing wrong with being an optimistic realist.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:22:07 +0000

Jim Collins wrote about Stockdale. Collins was not a POW. FYI
Jim Marland

By: cathy sienkaniec

cathy sienkaniec — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:11:17 +0000

Your experience is the tip of the iceberg for a nation that has all but outlawed reality. Being optimistic is thought to be something uniquely American, which it is not of course. And I dare say that a dose of realism is necessary and should not be misconstrued with being pesimistic. The economic disaster that awaits us will force a nation of buy now pay later “optimists” to wake up. A nation that relies on money changers instead of producers of the necessities of life will get a rude awakening soon. Prepare for realism it’s a coming!

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darylcook.com » links for 2006-11-27 — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:24:22 +0000

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By: Dave Forde

Dave Forde — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:27:37 +0000

Life is a journey, so it is better to learn these lessons while we’re still “young”…

By: Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:31:25 +0000

Your story is unfortunate, but also something that I saw far too much of in my years in the building trades.

If I may be so bold, it wasn’t your optimisim and positive thinking that trapped you; it was your enthusiasm in thinking that you had found something for nothing. Earl Nightingale many years ago advised against taking the lowest bid, saying that if you were to accept the lowest bid, you would do well to add a goodly amount to it in your mind, because you WILL end up paying more in the end. Sadly, your experience substantiated his wisdom yet again.

There is a time-honored reason for the cliche, “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”

By: George Appiah

George Appiah — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:03:18 +0000

“It’s good to be idealistic, but bad to be optimistic about idealism” (can’t remember where I read that from).

Thanks for sharing.