I wonder how much of people's preference for "optimists" is really just a preference for people who are cheerful, motivated, and good at looking for solutions to problems (as opposed to people who systematically overestimate the likelihood of favorable outcomes)
Yes, I think pref for 'optimism' is mostly pref for high 'emotional stability', the Big Five personality trait that predicts mental health, happiness, and resilience. It's not a pref for over-estimating likelihood of positive outcomes, IMHO.
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I’ve been wondering where high vs low energy fits into the big 5. it really seems to effectively separate different people I know and have clear effects on achievement but it’s not clearly correlated with any of the big 5
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