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2. Optimists see problems as specific to a situation, pessimists make them a general case. Being on a team assignment where one person doesn’t deliver their part, a pessimist is likely to say: “This team sucks.” and write off the entire team as lazy. An optimist would say: “One person is not very helpful, but I’m sure the rest of the team will do great work.”
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Luckily, both styles are acquired and can be learned.
Until now your explanatory style has been shaped primarily by your parents and your teachers in school.
Have you ever heard a teacher yell at someone for chatting in class? That...
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The 23 year old soccer player whose coach always makes excuses why their team loses, the 19 year old graduate who’s worried that her resumé is not perfect and anyone who keeps complaining about what’s in the newspaper.
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1. 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 rathe...
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Learned Optimism digs into why optimists are healthier, happier, and more successful people than pessimists, how both are learned attitudes and what you can do to become an optimist yourself.
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Optimism is also a deciding factor in professional sports . Seligman looked at baseball teams in 1985 and determined the New York Mets were the most optimistic team , the St. Luis Cardinals the most pessimi...
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Learned Optimism is so packed with actionable advice and great insights, it’s hard to condense it any further.
I’m a big fan of positive psychology and this book intersects a lot with
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So what can you do to become an optimist as quickly as possible?
Use the ABC technique by Albert Ellis .
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Do you see some people in your life who just seem to have everything fall into their lap? Who master life as if in cruise control mode, where everything works on autopilot and is super easy?
I know I do.
Martin Seligman , th...
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3. Optimists see problems as externally caused, pessimists blame themselves. When getting a divorce, both people will think one of them is the major cause. An optimist will always attribute the failure to an external source, in this case, their former spouse (“He never wanted ki...
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Talent at work is just as overrated as talent in professional sports . The University of Pennsylvania usually assesses their freshmen according to their SATs, high school grades and achievement test. When they let Seligm...
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That same optimism will also carry you through a successful career , as Seligman’s study with Metropolitan shows. He hired people for them who underperformed skill-wise, but showed great optimism....
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"I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind."
-Martin Seligman
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