Jim Collins said, "Then I'm confused by what you said. You said you believed you could come out, so you came out, and you said that optimists die fast. Isn't that a contradiction?" The soldier said, "No. Paradox, those optimists I'm talking about, they don't have real beliefs, they just think every day, I'll be out before Christmas this year, and then by Easter. Repeated disappointment, and then Finally got depressed.

Jim Collins said, "Then I'm confused by what you said. You said you believed you could come out, so you came out, and you said that optimists die fast. Isn't that a contradiction?" The soldier said, "No. Paradox, those optimists I'm talking about, they don't have real beliefs, they just think every day, I'll be out before Christmas this year, and then by Easter. Repeated disappointment, and then Finally got depressed.