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“The optimists believe defeat is just a temporary setback.”
― Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“Optimists recover from their momentary helplessness immediately. Very soon after failing, they pick themselves up, shrug, and start trying again.”
― Seligman Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“Do you think it's a good idea?" Awful question! Here’s the thing: only the market can tell if your idea is good. Everything else is just opinion. Unless you’re talking to a deep industry expert, this is self-indulgent noise with a high risk of false positives.”
― Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

“For optimists, defeat is a challenge, a mere setback on the road to inevitable victory.”
― Seligman Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life