Let's put it this way

Hope is a bastard

Hope keeps pushing us forward even when we are weak. Hope defies logical reasoning and what makes it positive or negative may lie in the risk of the situation being hoped upon.

They hope to win someday or get motivated when they hear or see the testimony of others. Unfortunately, they believe the higher the stakes, the higher the gains.

A critical aspect is the part of emotions. Many people do not have emotions in check. If you are a crypto trader, you will understand the discrepancy and huge gap between emotions and sticking with planned tactics.

Emotions are likely to cost us more mistakes than those tactics we earmarked.

Similarly, in gambling, emotion is a dangerous tool to continuing gambling