Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.

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"Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you’re thinking about it."

- Daniel Kahneman

Awareness

"The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works."

- Daniel Kahneman

Awareness

"If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do."

- Daniel Kahneman

Learning

"It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient."

- Daniel Kahneman

Positivity

"It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient."

- Daniel Kahneman

Optimism

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

Ambition

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

Ambition

"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

Ambition

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

Ambition