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I’ve been around pessimists, which can have different flavors, and while it can be draining, it can also be strangely motivating - some of my best work is frank
by prpl 4y ago
I’ve been around pessimists, which can have different flavors, and while it can be draining, it can also be strangely motivating - some of my best work is frankly adversarial pessimists.
- skeeter2020 4y agoI (half-jokingly, half-serious) refer to myself as a naive pessimist: I expect the worst then I'm continually surprised when I get it. It's not about being overly (and overtly) negative, but more your perspective on risk & mitigation. If you are a pessimist like me I would caution you to not surround yourself with many other pessimists, as there's definitely a tendency to ride the junk food high of the downward spiral when we congregate.
- prpl 4y agoI’m personally pretty optimistic which is probably why I enjoy proving the pessimists wrong.