When tackling a difficult challenge it is far better to overestimate your capabilities because your success will depend upon it. This is a train of thinking followed by optimists. You see a pessimistic person gauges their capability fairly accurately, they will say I am not a professional athlete so I will never be a scratch golfer. They will therefore not put in the effort and time to achieve the goal. Now your optimist, because of their positive attitude, will not be discouraged by a bad day on the range or the golf course. The positive attitude provides enough emotional support to persist until the skill is eventually mastered. So overestimating capability allowed for the possibility to master the skills of striking a golf ball consistently well. I could have picked any topic, but beating the little round golf ball relentlessly is helping me to manage the mental and emotional challenges of raising capital for a DeepTech Space Company. FORE!!! ⛳️
