When someone gives you an idea, try to wait just 24 seconds before criticizing it. If you can do that, wait 24 minutes. Then if you become a Zen master of optimism, you could wait a day, and spend that time thinking about why something actually might work.
If new information simply hammers in our bias - what’s the point of listening?
What’s the point of anyone giving it?
What’s the point of anything?
Pause and silently count 24 seconds.
That’s the sound of Optimism.
Of Life.