Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Half Empty


A very brief one. You'll no doubt think this is completely obvious, but it inspired me. Optimism and pessimism both have positives and negatives. Optimism can instigate the setting up of new projects, hope for the future and so-on. Pessimism is often rooted in perfectionism - "this can be perfect if..." Optimism is capable of charging ahead without thought of consequence. Pessimism will have a tendency not to bother, unless its perfect - "better is the enemy of the best".

A good relationship or team will have a healthy balance of the two - optimism and pessimism. The key is communication. Can optimism effectively communicate, and therefore sympathize and synchronize, with pessimism and vice-versa?

2 comments:

afp763389 said...

:)

take care & good luck

jeznash said...

Cheers, dude.