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For years, James Stockdale was shackled to the floor in a tiny jail cell in Vietnam that measured only 3 feet by 9 feet, with a minuscule lightbulb flickering above his head 24/7.
He was fed like, nothing, holed up in a dank little room in the Hoa Lo prison.
It wasn’t until February 12th, 1973, seven and a half years after his capture, that Stockdale was released from captivity and returned back to the United States.
Seven and a half years.
He later went on to win a plethora of various awards and recognitions, ran for vice president of the United States on Ross Perot’s ballot, and then later died in July of 2005.
Still, seven and a half fucking years.
In an interview with Jim Collins, researcher and writer of the business book Good to Great, he recalls the difference between those who made it out of Vietnam, and those who didn’t:
“Oh, that’s easy, the optimists. Oh, they were the ones who said, ‘We’re going to be out by Christmas.’ And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they’d say, ‘We’re going to be out by Easter.’ And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And they died of a broken heart.” — James Stockdale
Optimism is a killer.
Don’t die of a broken-heart.