We hope so...

Hope is one of the main motives that keep us living.

If we have short term plans, we hope that they'll come true in as much as the same way we've thought. For long term plans, we hope that
not much of them will change, and if they change we hope them to be changed for good. If we don't have plans, we just hope something good will happen sooner or later.

We mostly keep living for the probability of winning, at the very least the probability of tomorrow will be better than today.

We also share our -mostly good- hopes with each other. Knowing that others have hopes for us, or at least just knowing that "others have hopes" motivates us, develops trust between people and strengthens relations.

We depend on our hopes in almost every fragment of our lives.

But let me strongly suggest keeping hope away from business. At least keep it away from being the only base for doing business.

Yes hoping is nice, keeps us fresh and tight and so...

Unfortunately, i feel old and trashed when getting excuses like

"We hope that electric shortout will end soon"
"Our customers delayed payments. We hope to get paid in -what ever-, and we'll pay you asap"
"We hope that this part will be completed in -whatsoever- by the third party and we'll be able to complete the work in time"
...

Hoping does not solve the problems about wrong decisions, promises about vaporwares or bad business models based on others' lousy plans.
One can only hope that everything goes as planned and expected when all that can be done is done.

I hope that i'll be able to keep hopes away from my business.