Brightness

How much light you bring to what you're looking at. Controls whether you see the hopeful side or the dark side of a situation.

Nima and Salma Fotovat and the Forced Buyout

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Brightness controls whether you see the hopeful angle or the dark one in a situation. Nima Fotovat and Salma Fotovat initially experienced the buyout as a loss — which it was. But over a few weeks, they moved the dial toward seeing the same situation as a 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' for a blank slate. The facts didn't change; their reading of them did.