I’m stupidly optimistic
I’m stupidly optimistic. Every time I start something new, whether it’s fitness, work, habits, I tell myself it will work out, even if the odds are stacked against me. If a negative thought enters my head, it’s suppressed automatically. I don’t always reach where I thought I’d end up, but I always end up in good places. Investing is the only area where I’m pessimistic because the downside is huge. Apart from that, there’s nothing to lose by believing you’ll win.
DAN KOE@thedankoe · Jul 28, 2026If you even slightly entertain the thought of failure, you give your mind a chance to start noticing reasons to fail. But if the only option on your mind is to win, then the world seems to conspire in your favor, because your mind will notice opportunities it wouldn't have…
@marclou · Jul 29, 2026
I wanted to go abroad for Erasmus in 2015, but my grades were not good enough I didn’t know how to code and my English was terrible 2 weeks later I found an internship as a front end engineer for a company in Hong Kong Of course the internship was a disaster (because you don’t learn to code in 2 weeks) and I almost got fired But I stupidly believed I could go abroad, and it worked
- 9 replies
- 1 reposts
- 63 likes
- 11K views
