"What the optimists failed to do was confront the reality of their situation. They preferred the ostrich approach, sticking their heads in the sand and hoping for the difficulties to go away. "
That's not what the Stockdale paradox is. The ones who didn't survive were the ones who put a timetable as to when they would be rescued. They had EXPECTATIONS. The ones that lived, KNEW they would be rescued, but didn't have EXPECATIONS as to when. They let go of things that they knew wasn't in their control.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.
