In the Review section of the November 17\/18 edition of the Wall Street Journal is a feature article titled “The Pessimism Reflex” by Matt Ridley. I found this particularly interesting as to how it relates to positivity, framing and true facts – topics we bring up in the YCISL workshop program.<\/p>\n
Even in my last wiki entry – the one\u00a0commenting on an article on “problems” with philanthropy –\u00a0highlighted thinking that had\u00a0a framing issue and lacked positivity. Makes me think of Grumpy Old Men.<\/p>\n
With Mel Robbin’s mental handbrake analogy, it is too easy to be pessimistic.\u00a0Pessimism is the handbrake that can easily reinforce the self-notion that there is something holding us back. And just like Malcolm Gladwell’s point about associating with greatness, there is also a tendency to associate with deprivation (the grass is always greener…).<\/p>\n
And we can also understand the impact of pessimism through Alison Ledgerwood’s point about getting stuck in the negative.<\/p>\n
We know in the adult world that pessimistic news goes around faster than optimistic news, and that spin and distorted reality becomes a part of the stream of norm – so it becomes an essential skill for youth leaders to train their senses to receive and feel pessimism, but to relay with positive actions and communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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