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When pessimism works it leads to action. Hopefully effective action. My concern with the attitude of "oh this is a temporary problem" is that it could lead to
by mathgenius 10y ago
When pessimism works it leads to action. Hopefully effective action.
My concern with the attitude of "oh this is a temporary problem" is that it could lead to apathy. A kind of "waiting for godot" situation.
- lowmagnet 10y agoOr perhaps, "This is a temporary problem, but caused by specific actions or attitudes. How do I improve?"
- chillacy 10y agoI've seen pessimism not work. Like "I don't have a good job because I'm a worthless and dumb", which is not temporary (being dumb is a state of being) and personal. Or I've also seen "I don't have a good job because affirmative action keeps me down / I don't have a good job because employers are biased against me", which is also a permanent. Probably the best combo for self improvement is personal/specific/temporary, which would be "I don't have a good job because I haven't studied enough for interviews", which suggests a solution.