This week on the Growing Together podcast, your host Sonny and cohost Cesar, explore the paradoxical role that delusion can play in driving personal progress. In popular culture and conventional wisdom, delusion often gets a bad rap - painted as a symptom of mental disorder or a state of denial disconnected from reality. But what if, sometimes, being slightly 'delusional' could be the key that unlocks previously unimagined potentials? Episode Breakdown: - The fine line between beneficial self-deception and harmful delusion, and the crucial role of self-awareness in this balance. - The role of delusion in survival, based on fascinating research on optimism bias and the placebo effect.