Martin Seligman, a clinical psychologist, proposes that when we consider something bad that has happened to us in the past, our brains automatically generate answers to the questions why or what caused that. The second considers how you explain the past (Seligman, 1990), which is called your explanatory style, and will be covered further here. The first looks at how you think about the future and can be measured by the Life Orientation Test (Scheier et al., 1994). There are two ways to work out how optimistic you are. And when there are bumps in the road, they’re more likely to give up.Ī pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty Winston Churchill On the other hand, pessimists don’t tend to have favourable expectations about the future so they put in less effort. They also try harder when there are setbacks because of their initial belief that things will eventually improve. Our thoughts are incredibly powerful as they drive what we do and how we feel.īecause optimists think that what’s to come will be better, they tend to put more effort into the present. As Sinek suggests, optimism can be considered a belief system, which means it relates to the thoughts that we have. Optimism is the belief that the future is bright”. Yet optimism comes with a whole range of other benefits and is great for us, not just good.Īccording to Simon Sinek, “optimism is not the denial of the current state. Whilst we continue to face pandemic-related challenges, optimism can help us cope better.
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