How many times have you found yourself thinking along the lines of “I would love to be able to do that” only to then tell yourself “but I’ll never be able to”? This kind of internal commentary can cross a wide spectrum of possibilities, from, for example, learning to play a musical instrument to starting…
Blog #14 – Optimism 2 Last time, we focused on optimism; in particular, highlighting ideas such as that, whether we realise it or not, as a species we tend towards optimism more than pessimism, and that far from the former being somehow a sign of self-delusion, it appears to be a key marker of psychological…
Whether you realise it or not, the odds are that you skew at least slightly more towards optimism than pessimism. One of the peculiarities of human beings is that we can be optimistic without even realising it, even those of us who identify as pessimists. That is not to deny that there are many among…