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Being happy and optimistic is not a reflection of the circumstances we find ourselves in. It is a choice. It’s both the easiest and most difficult choice one could ever make. When learning for the first time how to do it, choosing to be optimistic no matter what can feel like it requires us to get knocked down and get back up, over and over again, knowing that every time we get back up, we are closer to creating the experience we want. The secret is that once we master unapologetic optimism, we’re better able to handle circumstances, and what previously knocked us down won’t even bother us.
However, optimism is not the absence of challenges. It is like the color black and white. Black is the absence of color and white is every color we can think of putting together. What happens when we take black (no color) and add white (all the colors) to it? It becomes less black. To say this another way: a black experience just lacks the presence of white. When we mix a positive lens with any negative situation, then it becomes less negative and easier to stay on the same level.
Those who embrace the unapologetically optimistic philosophy are able to look at what they have in front of them in the present moment and see it for all of its potential rather than focusing on the things that they don’t like.
Being unapologetically optimistic does not mean that negative or stressful things don’t happen to us at work. It simply means we’re allowing that optimism to shine through in the stressful experiences rather than choosing to focus on the worst possible outcome.
Being unapologetically optimistic is more than a head game. The real magic happens when other people start to feel our optimism. To get them to feel it, we need to express it. And expressing an unapologetically optimistic point of view seems simple: we just need to say it out loud. So, why don’t people speak up? Because when they do, they often face opposition in the form of all their ‘realistic’ coworkers who make them feel as though they have no need to express their point of view. This is where optimism becomes unapologetic. We have to look them in the eye and stand our ground. Own our perspective and do not give an inch, even when that little voice in the back of our head starts to scream at us to back down.
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