The Benefits of an optimistic mindset

Imagine that you are a very successful entrepreneur, the owner of a very successful factory. One day your factory burns, costing you the sum of $106 Million dollars. Your insurance covers only 30% of the damage. What would you do?

Well, this happened to Thomas A. Edison in 1943. (The cost is estimated at the equivalent current dollars). How did he react?

Edison responded to this crisis by saying that he would begin reconstruction work immediately, and he would reopen his factory less than 10 days. While others saw this accident as a tragedy, he saw it as an opportunity for renewing the design of his plant. Edison is the perfect example of an optimist!!

There is no doubt about the power of an optimistic mindset. So, what it is optimism? What distinguishes an optimist from a pessimist? In this blog entry I answer to these questions.

Optimism vs. Pessimism

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