A Call for Optimism
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing the gloom and doom news about the economy and our future. While I try to minimize my exposure to negativity, sometimes it is hard to keep smiling and remain optimistic.
My efforts to do so were recently emboldened by an article I received by Eileen McDargh. It is titled: Today's Economy Demands A Critical Skill: Optimism.
Please check out the entire article, but some of her key recommendations, with which I heartily concur, are:
As for me, I prefer to ignore the pundits and naysayers, envisioning instead a bright and promising future. There will be good days ahead and I'm doing all I can to realize them sooner instead of later.
My efforts to do so were recently emboldened by an article I received by Eileen McDargh. It is titled: Today's Economy Demands A Critical Skill: Optimism.
Please check out the entire article, but some of her key recommendations, with which I heartily concur, are:
- Focus on what you can control
- Reframe the event so that you are not a victim
- Cultivate optimistic responses
- Refuse to watch or read anything that puts a dark pall over your day
- Refuse to participate in a chorus of negative conversations
As for me, I prefer to ignore the pundits and naysayers, envisioning instead a bright and promising future. There will be good days ahead and I'm doing all I can to realize them sooner instead of later.
But of course I liked it:) Thanks, Peter for picking it up. Now more than ever, we cannot create a self-fulfillinf prophecy. I am working now in my "fertile void". In the emptiness of all the work I'd like, is a chance to write and study more.
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