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If you think the glass is either half empty or half full, you could be experiencing only half the fulfillment that awaits.
Seeing it as both half empty and half full might be more realistic.
Retaining the half-full optimism, while exploring the half-empty possibilities, might lead to a success that doesn't depend upon rose-
colored spectacles.
Tia Ghose of Live
Science presents the results of personality surveys administered by organizational-psychology researcher Sandra Chou of National Taiwan University. These
surveys were given to approximately "200 college and graduate students in Taiwan," and
tested their degrees of idealism and realism.
Chou discovered that "realistic optimists" tend to
face challenges with both creativity and back-up plans. Rather than simply believing in positive thinking, they set attainable goals and work towards making these "dreams" come
true.
The trick is to remain "rosy-but-realistic" –
keeping a "clear-eyed view of reality," yet emphasizing what
can
be done about the challenges that arise. This can help to offset the anxiety that realistic optimists are prone to (because they "recognize the possibility of
failure," whereas idealists tend to "use positive illusions"
to
soothe their own anxieties).
Resources
http://news.yahoo.com/personality-type-linked-success-happiness-160101460.html
Copyright August 29, 2013 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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