Stockdale paradox
concept
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 28 May
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Idea that confronting harsh reality while staying hopeful
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentAdam GrantThe Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant · Exploring the Paradoxes of Human Nature · 43:57 · 28 May
…Here's the Stockdale paradox.…
Gen. Stanley McChrystalModern Wisdom · How To Actually Build Discipline - Gen. Stanley McChrystal -... · 44:32 · May 2025
…What Stockdale developed was something that came to be known as the Stockdale paradox. And that is you need to recognize the absolute reality of your situation. The fact that you can't control certain things. It is what it is and you can't deny that. But at the same time, in parallel, you have to hold a belief in the long-term positive outcome that you need…
Unknown SpeakerYour World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero · FOCUS ONLY ON YOURSELF IN 2025 | Best Motivational Speeches ... · 1:30:36 · Dec 2024
…There's an idea referred to as the Stockdale Paradox, which states, and this is the first definition I grabbed from Google here, you must never confuse faith that you'll prevail in the end, which you can never afford to lose, with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. That's where the tough love th…
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