REALITY #11: It’s okay to be an optimist. It’s not okay to be a foolish optimist.
Generally speaking, optimism is a positive force. The same cannot be said for foolish optimism. The potential problems brought on by naïve, misguided happy talk are every real. Poorly informed leaders often share false optimism unwittingly because they don’t have reliable data. The blame can be theirs alone, or it can be credited to subordinates…