Quotation by

Samuel Johnson

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

Samuel Johnson

Power

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People are more willing to take on difficult or risky tasks because they tend to imagine the benefits will be larger than they actually might be. This ability to overestimate rewards motivates actions that might otherwise seem too challenging or dangerous.

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