a likely benefit triggers action
You’re a dumbass who thinks the good stuff might happen and you’ll ignore the bad stuff later.
He took the job because he thought the money was good. Now he’s stuck in a cubicle forever.
She moved to a new city because she thought it would be fun. Now she’s alone and out of gas.
He bet his last dollar on a crap game because he thought he’d win. He didn’t. And now he’s broke.