When you have a sense of agency, you will try harder than other people who feel like the point. A second pathway that we haven't talked about is that when you're an optimist, you kind of recruit social support. People who are positive, optimistic and agentic want to work for them.
What’s the difference between dispositional optimism and agentic hope? Are there benefits to taking a long shot, even if it turns out to be an air ball? And how is Angela like an N.F.L. quarterback?