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You've got a pretty negative view of people/life overall. I think your perception may be a self fulfilling prophecy. Going to go out on a limb and recommend r
by bitserf 14y ago
You've got a pretty negative view of people/life overall.
I think your perception may be a self fulfilling prophecy.
Going to go out on a limb and recommend reading Learned Optimism, by Martin Seligman.
I have a predisposition to seeing the negative side of things myself, but I actively work on trying to minimise that.
Life really is too short.
- carguy1983 14y agoAnd how exactly does reading self-help books affect how other people behave?
- LogicHoleFlaw 14y agoThe implication is that it is more important to adjust one's perception of the actions of others than it is to alter the actions of others.