Optimism Bias

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconexpecting good
Executive Parlancepositive expectation
Scholarly Discourseunrealistic optimism
Babel ZenithOptimism Bias
Origin: Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Believing bad things are less likely to happen to you.

In the Boardroom

Underestimating risks because 'it won't happen to me.'

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