Realism to correctly assess the situation and dynamics.
Hope and/or perseverence to follow those through to their potential.
Again: optimism denies reality. It gets you into trouble eventually, even if it can glide over some rough spots. At best, optimism can limit self-sabotage or inhibition. It does nothing to change the Universe itself.
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I don't pit it as an antonym. I am simply responding to your claim that it's realism that moves things forward :)
Realists are navigators, optimists are starters, pessimists are never-starters :)
You need bias to move things forward.
The word you're looking for isn't "optimism", it's "hope".
That's perseverence without denial.
no optimist have hope, you cant be a hope. I am perfectly aware of the words i use :)
The word describing someone having hope is hopeful.
Yes thats still not the same as a A realist, A pessimist or AN optimist.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27222190
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27223307
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27225350
And the point is that you need multiple factors.
Realism to correctly assess the situation and dynamics.
Hope and/or perseverence to follow those through to their potential.
Again: optimism denies reality. It gets you into trouble eventually, even if it can glide over some rough spots. At best, optimism can limit self-sabotage or inhibition. It does nothing to change the Universe itself.