Optimists make more money and are loyal
The optimist with high reality testing is a gold mine
Pessimists are more accurate about reality than optimists
There is nothing wrong in being a pessimist.
Pessimists are more likely to become depressed than their optimistic counterparts.
Optimist keep moving forward because they think they are options.
When bad thing happens pessimist explains things to be permanent pervasive.
Whereas optimists view them as temporary and specific.
In short, you're more pessimistic if, when something negative happens, you believe that there are no other options (permanence) or that since there is one rotten apple, all of them are rotten (pervasiveness). It doesn't take much to see that a pessimist can get depressed in a big hurry with that kind of explanatory style. You can also see how it probably leads to inertia.
The optimist with high reality testing is a gold mine
Pessimists are more accurate about reality than optimists
There is nothing wrong in being a pessimist.
Pessimists are more likely to become depressed than their optimistic counterparts.
Optimist keep moving forward because they think they are options.
When bad thing happens pessimist explains things to be permanent pervasive.
Whereas optimists view them as temporary and specific.
In short, you're more pessimistic if, when something negative happens, you believe that there are no other options (permanence) or that since there is one rotten apple, all of them are rotten (pervasiveness). It doesn't take much to see that a pessimist can get depressed in a big hurry with that kind of explanatory style. You can also see how it probably leads to inertia.