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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Optimism... how difficult is it??
I have often heard about the powers of positive thinking.. always say "yes" . never say No. the eternal optimist wins. though these sound really good are we really able to follow them. Can we be olblivious to the outcome of a certain event. " Do your best and leave the rest to fate/ destiny/ god" . " do your duty and dont worry about the outcome". as good as these sound, i find this really hard to implement. I am no eternal pessimist but optimism also has a ceiling beyond which i am unable to penetrate.
Does being a realist signify that one is a pessimist. Just like we have different probabilities for a certain event , a realist would weigh all possible outcomes and reserve a judgement on it. More or less that closely correlates to the pessimism view. Can one be a realist and also be an optimist at the same time. These are thoughts which continue to repeatedly haunt me.
will i get a pay raise? well, hmm.. most prolly not, would i be happy if i got , hell !! yeah !!
Can you execute this work within this time? hell, no....
will you become a VP by 35? highly improbable, but yeah can try...
When can you buy a house in chennai? defly not, in the near future...
not sure if answers like these fall into the realm of realism or pessimism..
The emotional realist that i am guess am more comfortable of accepting reality and moderating my expectations rather than aiming for star and reaching the moon.
any ideas of how to balance realism and optimism...
Does being a realist signify that one is a pessimist. Just like we have different probabilities for a certain event , a realist would weigh all possible outcomes and reserve a judgement on it. More or less that closely correlates to the pessimism view. Can one be a realist and also be an optimist at the same time. These are thoughts which continue to repeatedly haunt me.
will i get a pay raise? well, hmm.. most prolly not, would i be happy if i got , hell !! yeah !!
Can you execute this work within this time? hell, no....
will you become a VP by 35? highly improbable, but yeah can try...
When can you buy a house in chennai? defly not, in the near future...
not sure if answers like these fall into the realm of realism or pessimism..
The emotional realist that i am guess am more comfortable of accepting reality and moderating my expectations rather than aiming for star and reaching the moon.
any ideas of how to balance realism and optimism...
:: scribbled by Prashanth
at 12/12/2009 09:13:00 PM
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