Why Delusional Optimism Works

I was able to grow my socials to over 70K followers, land a long-term internship at a telecom giant, learn about AI, cloud, and DevOps, and still stay consistent with my hobbies like learning Japanese and traveling. None of this would have been possible without the mindset shift I made beforehand.

This newsletter won’t be very structured. I’m simply writing down my honest, unfiltered thoughts. What I want you to understand is that whatever you dream of achieving is far more possible than you think. The only real thing standing between you and those goals is consistency.

When I started my Instagram page, I knew I wanted to be a successful creator who provided real value to the people supporting me. I didn’t know or care how long it would take. I was going to be successful. That might sound arrogant or unrealistic, but this mindset is a necessary step toward moving closer to your goals. This is what delusional optimism means.

To achieve results that seem impossible from where you are standing, you need to be delusionally optimistic. This means being optimistic without having any proof or grounding in reality. The reason I push this ideology so much is because it allows you to stay consistent no matter what. You will be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel even when others do not.

I’ve helped many people accomplish their goals, and I want you to try shifting your mindset as well. Nothing in this life is unrealistic. It all comes down to how much you want or need the goal you are aiming for, and how much you are willing to sacrifice for it. By sacrifice, I do not mean working 12+ hour days. I mean reducing your doom-scrolling and using that time to invest in your own life.

To start, my strongest suggestion is to pick a habit you can realistically maintain. In my case, it was learning Japanese. I was at one of the lowest points in my life and needed something to hold onto. That’s when I turned to my interests and picked up a hobby I knew I could stay consistent with.

Once you establish a non-negotiable habit that you do every day, adding new actions to your routine becomes significantly easier. This is exactly how I built my daily system. I now have 4–5 tasks I complete every single day, no matter what. Consistency, paired with the belief that your efforts are moving you forward even when results aren’t visible, is one of the strongest mindsets you can adopt.

Your goal should be to start small and slowly scale your actions, just like how a business would operate. The single most important rule here is that you MUST do the tasks you define as non-negotiable every day. Having some sort of visual feedback on your progress helps a lot (ex: your GitHub commit history or a minimalistic Notion page for tracking).

However, you should not blindly repeat the same task without improving it. The goal is to get even 1% better each time you show up. That might mean executing with more focus, adjusting your approach, or fixing something you did wrong the day before. This is why consistency and blind optimism work so well together. They give you the space to iterate on your skills continuously, not just repeat actions. Over time, those small improvements compound into results that once felt unrealistic.

Start smaller than you think you need to, but stay consistent longer than most people are willing to. You do not need perfect conditions to begin, and you definitely do not need proof that it will work. What you need is the discipline to show up, the optimism to believe your efforts are leading somewhere, and the patience to let the results compound. Be delusionally optimistic about where you are going, but extremely intentional about what you do every single day. The rest will take care of itself.

I wish you good luck with all your goals, be ambitious, be unstoppable.