Why a little delusion is good for you

Where would humanity be without our mild delusion? Many of the technologies we take for granted, from the light bulb to iPhones, would cease to exist without relentless resolve. Stephen King, rejected dozens of times, persisted and became one of the world’s top-selling authors. Any entrepreneur maintains a bit of in the face of the staggering statistic that nearly half of US businesses close within five years. Hopeful romantics are indeed a touch overconfident when you consider a third of Americans who have ever wed get divorced.