Doug Emerson is a horseman and coach with a niche coaching owners of livery stables in the USA. This recent item from his newsletter struck a personal chord with me.
Cautious Optimism Is For Amateurs
As the chute opens, is the rodeo bull rider cautiously optimistic about the next eight seconds?
Were the signers of the Declaration of Independence cautiously optimistic about their futures as they dipped their pens in ink?
Was Neil Armstrong cautiously optimistic as Apollo 11 roared from the launch pad on course for the moon?
If you’re like most people, your optimism struggles daily to outwit pessimism. Pessimism lurks under every bump in the road, around every corner you turn and within every news report you hear.
There is no purpose for cautious optimism on your path to success, for cautious optimism is just another way to say maybe.
And if you are a chess player, maybe is pessimism’s way of saying “check”.
Believe and succeed.
Doug Emerson Profitable Horseman
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