The other day I met someone who has a very pessimistic thinking. He is so pessimistic that he can think it as the end of the world, and go home and sleep on it because he will tell you that it doesn’t matter what he’s doing. He’s going to die anyway.
Well, I am not saying that being pessimistic is bad. In contrarary, I would say pessimistic, at certain level, is more helpful than being pure optimistic.
First, when we are pessimistic, we can think of how the things can go wrong. For example, if you are launching a new product, you can imagine how the marketing plan didn’t go through as planned, or how the launch will flop. But after thinking like this for a while, you can start to be a bit optimistic and positive and think of how to overcome those situations. At the end, you will have a back-up plan on how to counter those hard to solve problems.
Being positive doesn’t mean that we can change the course of the circumstances or anything in life, but we can change ourself and the people around us. For example, if you spill your coffee on your new shirt, will you jump around and curse like a mad man? For those who are positive thinking, they will wipe the coffee off, and remain calm while cleaning the stain. We have control on our emotion reaction towards circumstances, so we should remain positive and know what is our next move.
Anyway, there was a quote I saw on a book that I feel I should share with you.
“If you understand that you have control of your actions and reactions, you not only get better results, but you also have a much better journey through life. Isn’t it better to go through life with the knowledge and belief that you are not a victim of circumstances, but are in control of your choices?” - Brian Sher
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