OPTIMISTIC
JINU PRAKASH NAIR
Supply Chain Solution Provider, Solving Customer supply chain challenges
Many years ago two salesmen were to a remote village by a shoe manufacturer. The goal of their trip was to investigate this new market, and to report their findings back to headquarters on the potential of the market.
- The first salesman came back with a rather dismal report, “There’s no potential at all here, because nobody wears shoes.”
- The second salesman came back with a rather different reply, “There’s massive potential in the village, because nobody wears shoes.”
Here you could note one thing both the salesmen went to a same place for the same task, Both of their findings was also same, But their point of view and the interpretation was different and difference is very big also.
It’s your choice as to how you interpret any situation, whether you’re looking at it positively with optimism, or as a challenge full of negativity.
Positive thinking always gives us opportunities , If we are thinking negatively that will the dead end of the task.
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”– Winston Churchill
Optimism is a form of positive thinking that includes the belief that you are responsible for your own happiness, and that more good things than bad will continue to happen to you. Optimists believe that bad or negative events are rare occurrences and that it is not their fault when something bad happens but is due to something external.
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James