Excess Optimism Impedes People from Taking Actions: Study

• Excess optimism often poses a problem for many people as they become less likely to take a command on their future
• Lead author of the study said the belief in a favourable future may lessen the likelihood that people will take a step to turn it into reality
• The findings of the study have been published in the journal Psychological Science

August 20, 2017: A new study states that people who are too optimistic and believe in the fact that everything will workout for the best are less likely to take a command on their future. Excess optimism often poses a problem for many people.

Talking to Daily Mail, lead author from Harvard University of the study, Todd Rogers said: there exist people who think that they are so correct that gradually others will come to see the "obviousness of their correctness." However, the findings of their study showed that the belief in a favorable and bright future may lessen the likelihood that people will take a step to turn it into reality.

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Researchers from the universities of Berkeley, California, and Harvard carried out the study by examining six studies investigating people's scientific beliefs, political views, and entertainment and product preferences. The results of the study showed that being optimistic and believing others would come around or things will improve made it less probable for people to take a step.

The findings have been published in the journal Psychological Science.

Prepared by Harsimran Kaur of NewsGram. Twitter @Hkaur1025