An Optimist Vs Pessimist

In life we often face many hurdles. When confronted with such difficulties there is always a way out and that way is achieved through positive thinking or in other words taking an optimistic approach to the problem we face!!

• An optimist sees the best in the world, while a pessimist sees only the worst.

• An optimist finds the positive in the negative, and a pessimist can only find the negative in the positive.

• Optimists explain positive events as having happened because of them (internal) whereas a pessimists believe that negative events are caused by them (internal).

• Optimist also see them as evidence that more positive things will happen in the future (stable), and in other areas of their lives (global) whereas pessimist believe that one mistake means more will come (stable), and mistakes in other areas of life are inevitable (global), because they are the cause.

• Conversely, optimists see negative events as not being their fault (external). They also see them as being flukes (isolated) that have nothing to do with other areas of their lives or future events (local) whereas pessimist see positive events as flukes (local) that are caused by things outside their control (external) and probably won’t happen again (unstable).
  

A common contrast between Optimistic & Pessimistic View:

Have a close look at the above picture. There are two ways viewing it.

An optimist views it as a "half filled glass" whereas a pessimist views it as a "half empty glass".


So everything in this world can be viewed either optimistically or pessimistically.Even when confronted with difficulties just be optimistic n success is sure to strike you. Never degrade your ownself. Remember that "no one can degrade or discourage you other than your ownself".It's upto a person to decide as everything is only a state of mind.When you come to this realization the world is in your hands.