Are you an optimist-Rajababu

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> Courtesy: Ms. Nivedita
>
> Foreword by Rajababu-As people say in common parlance, life is short, so
> make the most of it. If we choose to be grumpy, well, people around us
> appear grumpy. The real battle of life is being fought in our mind. And
this
> is not today's Management jargon. Centuries ago, Shri Arjuna's heart
> faltered when he saw the line up of whom he was supposed to battle with in
> war. And mind you, this is  the same man who was renowned for his archery.
> The man who could see the eye of a moving bird metres away, suddenly lost
> the battle in his mind and would have run away, were it not for the
> Management Consultant called Shri Krishna. At the end of it all, its mind
> over body. That's the bottomline.
>
>  CHOOSE TO BE AN OPTIMIST
> If you expect something to turn out badly, it probably will.  Pessimism is
> seldom disappointed. But the same principle also works in reverse. If you
> expect good things to happen, they usually do. There seems to be a natural
> cause-and-effect relationship between optimism and success.
> Why optimism should be chosen:
> * Optimism and pessimism are powerful forces, and each of us must
> choose which we want to shape our outlook and our expectations. There is
> enough good and bad in everyone's life - ample sorrow and happiness,
> sufficient joy and pain - to find a rational basis for either optimism or
> pessimism. You can choose to laugh or cry, bless or curse. It's your
> decision: From which perspective do you want to view life?  Will you look
up
> in hope or down in despair?
> * An optimistic attitude is not a luxury, it's a necessity. The way
> you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how
well
> you get along with other people.  Conversely, negative thoughts,
attitudes,
> and expectations feed on themselves; they become a self-fulfilling
prophecy.
> Pessimism creates a dismal place where no one wants to live.
> * The only thing more powerful than negativism is a positive
> affirmation, a world of optimism and hope.
> * When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be
> accomplished. Our nation has a grand tradition of optimism. When the world
> is seen as a hopeful, positive place, people are empowered to attempt and
to
> achieve.
> * In the absence of optimism we are left with nothing but critics,
> naysayers, and prophets of doom. When a nation expects the worst from its
> people and institutions and its experts focus exclusively on faults, hope
> dies.
> * Too many people spend too much time looking down rather than up,
> finding fault with their country's political institutions, economic
systems,
> educational establishments, religious organizations, and - worst of all -
> with each other. Faultfinding expends so much negative energy that nothing
> is left over for positive action. Sure, there always will be things that
> need fixing. But the question is, Do you want to spend your time and
energy
> tearing things down or building them up?
> * When we make critics our heroes or put them in control of our fate,
> something is wrong. It's much easier to criticize than to create. When we
> revere the critics of society, we eventually become a society of critics,
> and when that happens, there is no room left for constructive optimism.
> When you're an optimist, you're more concerned with problem-solving than
> with useless carping about issues.
> * We need to honor those who create and take risks. When we discredit
> problem-solvers and creators, innovation is stifled. People instinctively
> hold back when they know their work will be subjected to the cynicism of a
> heartless critic.  People are empowered by praise and encouragement.
>
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> Hope From My Heart by Rich DeVos. Copyright © 2000 by Richard M. DeVos
>


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