This is very helpful and appreciate it.

I think one of the most important skills to have in business and entrepreneurial pursuits is realizing when things aren't going great. You develop the tendency in life to whitewash things, to always think in the positive.

But this isn't always necessarily good. I read a fascinating piece which said that depressed, pessimistic people were actually more accurate in their analysis of some things than happy optimists.

Being able to think/accept that you have room to improve is a good thing. It's when the real improvement/learning takes place.