I suggest there is value to you in what the Stockdale Paradox professes.
JS - I struggle with this, but agree that there is great benefit. I think the way I need to apply it is to know that no matter what happens on a daily basis or how things turn out, I will come out of this ok.
This is only HALF of the Stockdale Paradox. For a hint as to the other half, YouTube search the "you're already dead" scene from Band of Brothers.
Just like "tough love" with your kids, or "speak the truth in love" in life, you need BOTH halves of the Paradox in order to thrive in this phase.
