Sumit Paul-Choudhury

I mean, if you apply for many jobs, for example, that you're not very likely to get, fair enough, most of the time you won't get them, but you haven't expended much beyond the cost of applying for those jobs. When you get one that is transformative for your life, on the other hand, it transforms your life.

I mean, if you apply for many jobs, for example, that you're not very likely to get, fair enough, most of the time you won't get them, but you haven't expended much beyond the cost of applying for those jobs. When you get one that is transformative for your life, on the other hand, it transforms your life.

And so then when you look back at this, of course, you say, well, things did mostly work out. You know, things have worked out pretty well. And that's kind of optimism working on an incremental step-by-step basis. One of the psychological ways of looking at optimism is explanatory style, which is say, do you look back at your life and think things worked out well?

And so then when you look back at this, of course, you say, well, things did mostly work out. You know, things have worked out pretty well. And that's kind of optimism working on an incremental step-by-step basis. One of the psychological ways of looking at optimism is explanatory style, which is say, do you look back at your life and think things worked out well?

And so then when you look back at this, of course, you say, well, things did mostly work out. You know, things have worked out pretty well. And that's kind of optimism working on an incremental step-by-step basis. One of the psychological ways of looking at optimism is explanatory style, which is say, do you look back at your life and think things worked out well?

Or do you look back at your life and think they didn't work out so well? Most people tend to go for the optimistics end of things.

Or do you look back at your life and think they didn't work out so well? Most people tend to go for the optimistics end of things.

Or do you look back at your life and think they didn't work out so well? Most people tend to go for the optimistics end of things.

A bit of both. So like most psychological traits, or most traits in general, it's a mixture of your inheritance, your genetic inheritance, and your environment. In the case of optimism, it seems to be a bit more about experience than it is about genetics. Your genetics sort of account for a decent chunk of your level of optimism as an adult, but not the majority of it.

A bit of both. So like most psychological traits, or most traits in general, it's a mixture of your inheritance, your genetic inheritance, and your environment. In the case of optimism, it seems to be a bit more about experience than it is about genetics. Your genetics sort of account for a decent chunk of your level of optimism as an adult, but not the majority of it.

A bit of both. So like most psychological traits, or most traits in general, it's a mixture of your inheritance, your genetic inheritance, and your environment. In the case of optimism, it seems to be a bit more about experience than it is about genetics. Your genetics sort of account for a decent chunk of your level of optimism as an adult, but not the majority of it.

Your experiences in your environment seem to play quite a significant role in molding your optimism. And the pattern tends to be that young children are hyper-optimistic. They're extremely optimistic. And you can kind of understand why that would be because You think about the challenges a little kid, I mean, a really small child faces. You know, they can't speak. They have no motor control.

Your experiences in your environment seem to play quite a significant role in molding your optimism. And the pattern tends to be that young children are hyper-optimistic. They're extremely optimistic. And you can kind of understand why that would be because You think about the challenges a little kid, I mean, a really small child faces. You know, they can't speak. They have no motor control.

Your experiences in your environment seem to play quite a significant role in molding your optimism. And the pattern tends to be that young children are hyper-optimistic. They're extremely optimistic. And you can kind of understand why that would be because You think about the challenges a little kid, I mean, a really small child faces. You know, they can't speak. They have no motor control.

They can't feed themselves. They're essentially helpless. But from there, they have to get to a position where they can do all those things, where they can stand, they can walk, they can eat, they can talk, they can eventually write and tie their shoelaces and all those kinds of things.

They can't feed themselves. They're essentially helpless. But from there, they have to get to a position where they can do all those things, where they can stand, they can walk, they can eat, they can talk, they can eventually write and tie their shoelaces and all those kinds of things.

They can't feed themselves. They're essentially helpless. But from there, they have to get to a position where they can do all those things, where they can stand, they can walk, they can eat, they can talk, they can eventually write and tie their shoelaces and all those kinds of things.

And if you did not expect that you were going to succeed, you know, I mean, if you didn't think you would succeed at managing those tasks, even though when you start out, you have absolutely no ability to do them and no way to communicate with anyone about them. you know, you would get nowhere, right?

And if you did not expect that you were going to succeed, you know, I mean, if you didn't think you would succeed at managing those tasks, even though when you start out, you have absolutely no ability to do them and no way to communicate with anyone about them. you know, you would get nowhere, right?

And if you did not expect that you were going to succeed, you know, I mean, if you didn't think you would succeed at managing those tasks, even though when you start out, you have absolutely no ability to do them and no way to communicate with anyone about them. you know, you would get nowhere, right?