Optimism makes you less likely to walk away while not actua… - Annie Duke

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Optimism makes you less likely to walk away while not actually increasing your chances of success. That means that being overly optimistic will make you stick to things longer that aren't worthwhile. Better to be well calibrated. Life's too short to spend your time on opportunities that are no longer worthwhile.

Annie Duke

Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away · October 4, 2022 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Birth Name: Anne LaBarr Lederer

Alternative Names: Anne LaBarr Duke • Annie Lederer • Anne Lederer

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Making better decisions starts with understanding this: uncertainty can work a lot of mischief.

The actual outcome casts a shadow over your ability to remember what you knew at the time of the decision.

Remember, losing feels about twice as bad as winning feels good; being wrong feels about twice as bad as being right feels good. We are in a better place when we don't have to live at the edges. Euphoria or misery, with no choices in between, is not a very self-compassionate way to live.

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