Today I came across a insightful book passage comparing how optimist and pessimist face failure. I found it as I was working my way through Daniel Goleman’s groundbreaking book on emotional intelligence titled Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Goleman states: People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something […]
I love the optimistic, “glass half-full” perspective on life. Even when things look bad, feel bad, and continues to trend in a bad direction, optimism is still better than pessimism. However, there is one situation in particular where optimism just doesn’t make sense. When Optimism is Delusional I wholeheartedly believe that being an optimist is […]
Each year, the turn of the calendar from one year to the next exposes two types of people. 1. The Optimist The first type is the optimist. The optimist is all in on New Year’s resolutions. They could care less if two months from now they will forget them, that’s not the point. The point […]