Optimism
Optimists see problems as temporary, pessimists as permanent. Sticking with the example from Mindset, if optimists spill their coffee they won’t say “I always spill my coffee and ruin my clothes.”, but rather “I spilled my coffee this time, but I won’t spill the next one.”
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