{"text":"My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["astronauts","confidence","defeat","negative-thoughts","optimism","problem-solving","thinking","victory"],"id":139618,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"}