Comments on: Optimists Get Better At Predicting Performance Over Time http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/11/05/optimists-get-better-at-predicting-performance-over-time/ Because the killer app is us. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/11/05/optimists-get-better-at-predicting-performance-over-time/comment-page-1/#comment-29614 Forrest Christian Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:56:31 +0000 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=1122#comment-29614 Excellent thought, Alicia. There is an extensive literature on risk and gambling. And the casinos have done even more research on how to get people to continue to put money into something that isn't going to pay off. Excellent thought, Alicia. There is an extensive literature on risk and gambling. And the casinos have done even more research on how to get people to continue to put money into something that isn’t going to pay off.

]]> By: Alicia Parr http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/11/05/optimists-get-better-at-predicting-performance-over-time/comment-page-1/#comment-29612 Alicia Parr Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:27 +0000 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=1122#comment-29612 Interesting article-- I look forward to reading it. Regarding "business leaders who kept on thinking that things were going to go their way when they clearly weren’t", I'd begin looking for that nuance in research done on gambling addiction. I'm no expert on that, so I don't know, but it's where I would start. Interesting article– I look forward to reading it.

Regarding “business leaders who kept on thinking that things were going to go their way when they clearly weren’t”, I’d begin looking for that nuance in research done on gambling addiction. I’m no expert on that, so I don’t know, but it’s where I would start.

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