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174: A.J. Jacobs | Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey
The Jordan Harbinger Show
The Importance of Delusional Optimism
I did interview George Clooney once, which was actually great. In person or over the phone? It was in person. One thing he told me that I still remember one piece of advice is he talked about sort of this delusional optimism has served him well. He would say, I'm going to hit a home run and it's going to be the left field wall. And of course, he struck out most of the time, but just that extra optimism increased the number of times that he did get a hit. You don't want to overuse it because, you know, you could be like, oh, I'd be a great president, even though I have absolutely no hypothetically
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