![]() The pessimist is likely to blame herself (“I never made time for her that’s why she left me). 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 kids anyway”). An optimist would say: “One person is not very helpful, but I’m sure the rest of the team will do great work.”ģ. 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. 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.”Ģ. Optimists see problems as temporary, pessimists as permanent. There are 3 characteristic points of view when looking at problems, in which optimists and pessimists differ.ġ. ![]() He calls optimism and pessimism explanatory styles, they are the way in which we explain bad events in our lives. Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, has spent decades of research trying to find out why some people maneuver through their lives so easily. Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*:ĭo 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? ![]()
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