Manage Anxiety: Use Hope to Build Trust and Confront Disappointment | Victoria McGeer /Big think

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Manage Anxiety: Use Hope to Build Trust and Confront Disappointment

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In this refreshing take on the utility of hope, Princeton research scholar Victoria McGeer explains that there's a difference between blind hope and practical hope. The latter means taking a clear-eyed view of potential disappointment, knowing that there may be failure, and then putting your anxieties offline by trusting in the elements that are beyond your control. Trust is a critical feature of human social life, and we're often obligated to trust in uncertain circumstances: trust your kids, trust that stranger, trust your neighbor. Hope, when done properly, can fortify trust, redu...