The glass looks half empty to me
Aug. 22nd, 2004 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greybetaThe quest of introspection continues with a bit more on my outlook on life. There's an old question of whether you see the glass as half full or half empty. Somewhere along the way, I chose to see the glass as half empty. You’re lucky that you didn’t know me when I called things how I saw them. I would say (and still say) a lot of things have no chance. As you can tell, I’m not the type of player that any coach wants on his team.
This is one of the reasons why I’m the silent type. I’ve heard that if you don’t have something nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all. Once the conversation starts though, it would be fairly easy to ascertain the fact that I’m a pessimist. Once you get to know me though, you’ll understand that I’m just not confident about too many things.
However, it has been brought to my attention that leaders cannot be skeptics or pessimists. That is because they must instill confidence in their followers. In taking several leadership positions, I’ve learned that I can’t always say what I think. More precisely, I pay more attention to how I say things. Slowly and steadily must I transform my negative energy into optimism.
This is one of the reasons why I’m the silent type. I’ve heard that if you don’t have something nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all. Once the conversation starts though, it would be fairly easy to ascertain the fact that I’m a pessimist. Once you get to know me though, you’ll understand that I’m just not confident about too many things.
However, it has been brought to my attention that leaders cannot be skeptics or pessimists. That is because they must instill confidence in their followers. In taking several leadership positions, I’ve learned that I can’t always say what I think. More precisely, I pay more attention to how I say things. Slowly and steadily must I transform my negative energy into optimism.
