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Conflicts can arise in a person's life at any point in life, whether personal level conflicts that exist in a person's mind or socio-economic level conflicts that exist in the external environment. Nobody is immune to conflict in their life. Conflict is defined as a struggle or a clash between opposing forces. People can deal with conflict mentally and physically. A positive mental attitude is very important in life. The term 'optimism' embraces two closely correlated concepts: the first is the inclination to hope, while the second more generally refers to the tendency to believe that we live in 'the best of all possible worlds'. The inclination of hope in a person's mind is actual optimism which leads him towards self-growth and progress. Optimism is related to mental and physical health, coping, quality of life, and adaptation of purpose.
Optimistic and pessimistic attitudes constantly affect the outcome of people's lives. As Winston Churchill's famous quote says:
'A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity and an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty
In my life, I try to keep an optimistic attitude about the things I do because I know it will help lead me to more desirable ends. There have been many situations in which optimism has helped me through difficult times. Academics have provided me with many optimistic experiences. When I did badly in one of my final terms exams in the third semester and I was terrified of the outcome, I also had an exam the next day which I still had to prepare therefore instead of staying pessimistic about that exam, I developed an optimistic attitude that even though I couldn't perform better in this exam I can still ace the others proceeding. This way I gave my best performance in the remaining exams, and as a result, I obtained higher grades in other exams. I was able to maintain my GPA through this optimistic attitude. If I opted for the pessimistic explanatory style in this situation by blaming my performance on the difficult exam or short-listed time for preparation, I would have performed poorly in other exams too.
A significant positive relation emerges between optimism and coping strategies focused on social support and emphasis on positive aspects of stressful situations. Optimism can thus increase a person's self-esteem and self-growth, if applied correctly in life situations as an optimistic person always tries to find a way through without making excuses and procrastinating because it's now evident to him that a balance between adversity, belief, consequences, and energization only can lead him towards the accomplishment of his goals. Through the employment of specific coping strategies, optimism exerts an indirect influence also on the quality of life. There is evidence that optimistic people present a higher quality of life compared to those with low levels of optimism or even pessimists. Optimism may significantly influence mental and physical well-being through the promotion of a healthy lifestyle as well as by adaptive behaviors and cognitive responsesConflicts can arise in a person's life at any point of life whether personal level conflicts that exist in a person's mind or socio-economic level conflicts that exists in the external environment. Nobody is immune to conflict in their life. Conflict is defined as a struggle or a clash between opposing forces. People can deal with conflict mentally and physically. A positive mental attitude is very important in life. The term 'optimism' embraces two closely correlated concepts: the first is the inclination to hope, while the second more generally refers to the tendency to believe that we live in 'the best of all possible worlds'. The inclination of hope in a person's mind is actually optimistic which leads him towards self-growth and progress. Optimism is related to mental and physical health, coping, quality of life, and adaptation of purpose.
Optimistic and pessimistic attitudes constantly affect the outcome of people's lives. As Winston Churchill's famous quote says:
'A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity and an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty
In my life, I try to keep an optimistic attitude about the things I do because I know it will help lead me to more desirable ends. There have been many situations in which optimism has helped me through difficult times. Academics have provided me with many optimistic experiences. When I did badly in one of my final terms exams in the third semester and I was terrified of the outcome but I also had an exam the next day which I still had to prepare therefore instead of staying pessimistic about that exam, I developed an optimistic attitude that even though I couldn't perform better in this exam I can still ace the others proceeding. This way I gave my best performance in the remaining exams as a result I obtained higher grades in other exams. I was able to maintain my GPA through this optimistic attitude. If I opted for the pessimistic explanatory style in this situation by blaming my performance on the difficult exam or short-listed time for preparation I would have performed poorly in other exams too.
A significant positive relation emerges between optimism and coping strategies focused on social support and emphasis on positive aspects of stressful situations. Optimism can thus increase a person's self-esteem and self-growth, if applied correctly in life situations as an optimistic person always tries to find a way through without making excuses and procrastinating because it's now evident to him that a balance between adversity, belief, consequences, and energization only can lead him towards the accomplishment of his goals. Through the employment of specific coping strategies, optimism exerts an indirect influence also on the quality of life. There is evidence that optimistic people present a higher quality of life compared to those with low levels of optimism or even pessimists. Optimism may significantly influence mental and physical well-being by the promotion of a healthy lifestyle as well as by adaptive behaviors and cognitive responses, associated with greater flexibility, problem-solving capacity, and a more efficient elaboration of negative information. But one should also not adopt unrealistic optimism in life which happens when one tries to conclude a positive outcome every time even if it's visibly impossible because it's the denying of reality that will only make a person devoid of the responsibilities coming along with the conflict. to conclude a positive outcome every time even if it's visibly impossible because it's the denying of reality that will only make a person devoid of the responsibilities coming along with the conflict.
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