Apr 3
4 min read
Great Leaders are Optimists
Pessimism is the Easy Way Out
“For reasons I have never understood, people like to hear that the world is going to hell,” said the historian Deirdre McCloskey. Despite plenty of evidence that the world continues to improve, we’re stubbornly committed to pessimistic outlooks.
Pessimism gets more attention. If you tell someone that their life will continue to improve, they’ll shrug their…
