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Optimism

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Optimism

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  1. Optimism Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeks that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

  2. Agenda • Take the Optimism Test! • Definitions a) Optimism b) Pessimism c) Other important terms • Test Results • Improving Your Score & Optimism

  3. Test • Take the optimism test • Remember to answer the question to the best of your ability. • You must choose the answer that best fits.

  4. Definitions • Optimism A tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation. • Pessimism A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view.

  5. Definitions • Resilience The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune. • In life there are good things and bad things that can happen to you. It is important to be able to interpret what happens to you in an efficient and effective way.

  6. Advantages of Being Optimistic • You are a more positive person • More persistent in your goals • Rebound back quicker during setbacks • Able to deal with loss or failure better • Interpret things that happen to you in a slightly different way • Higher self-esteem • Live longer!

  7. Research on Optimism • Pioneered by Martin Seligman • Article with Picture • Article

  8. Optimism & Its Dimensions • 1) Personalization • 2) Time • 3) Pervasiveness

  9. Dimension #1: Personalization • Personalization: Assigning responsibility to good or bad things that happen to you. • Optimistic people take credit for good things and find a reason or blame something or someone for bad things.

  10. Dimension #1: Personalization – Good things • Questions # 1,4,11,12,23,27,36,45

  11. Dimension #1: Personalization – Bad Things • Question # 3,9,19,25,30,39,41,47

  12. Dimension #2: Time • Time: The amount of time you think a good or bad event last. • Optimistic people think that good events last a long period of time and bad events last a short period of time. • Pessimistic people think that good events happen a short period of time and bad events last a long period of time. • When good events occur, the longer the better and when bad events occur the shorter the better.

  13. Dimension #2: Time Good Things • Questions # 2,10,14,15,24,26,38,40

  14. Dimension #2: Time Bad Things • Questions #5,13,20,21, 29,33, 42,46

  15. Dimension #3: Pervasiveness • Pervasiveness: The number of areas in your life that are affected by the occurrence of an event • Optimistic people believe good things affect many areas of your life and bad things affect few areas of your life. • Pessimistic people believe good things affect few areas of your life and bad things affect many areas of your life.

  16. Dimension #3: Pervasiveness Good Things • Questions #,3,17,25,30,32,34,37,

  17. Dimension #3: Pervasiveness Bad Things • Questions #6,7,28,31,34,35,37,43

  18. Videos / Online • Taking optimism in a clinical setting • Great Website with Seligman – join the mailing list and sign up. Do some reading! • Why do you think I choose this video?

  19. Homework  • You make them up optimism questions.- - Separate them into the three dimensions. - Make them realistic. - Do 18 questions (6 per dimension divided into three good and three bad).

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