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Story:
Does it seem like, despite your best efforts things
never wor k out as you planned? Are you in despair
because just when it seems you are making progress
something goes wrong? At such times, it is easy to
feel defeated and to give LIp, b LIT what can you do to
stay on top of thingsT
It is a fact of life that despite all your best efforts at
planning, strategizing arid being careful not to make
mistakes, something will go wrong sometimes. One
of the most farnous poems,”Don’t uit,”makes the
statement more eloquently by saying
“When things 9o wrong, as they sometimes will
When the road you’retrudging seems all uphill..
… Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. ”
I have seen this poem at countless places, mostly in
the rooms of · many a college or university students. It
is a source of strength and hope for many during
diff icult and stressful times. The reason is that it
states a simple truth so well that for many, it is like
shining a light in the darkness.
The reason for putting it on the wall is simple. When
things are going wrong, it is very easy to lose
perspective and to focus on the problem, The light in
our lives often goes off at such instances. The
message on the wall is like a light shining in the
darkness demanding our attention, It is a reminder
that no matter how bad it may seem, there is always
hope, At such times, often after failing a test or just
being so overwhelmed with schoolwork, it would be a
great source of hope and encouragement,
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things are going y[/rong, it is very easy tct lcs
perspective and to focus on the problem. The light · ir
our lives often goes off a. t sucH instzEnces, The
message on the wall is like ei light shinif f lg · in t · he
darkness demanding our attention. It is a renrincer
that no matter how tracl it rnay seem there isalwaysi
hope. At such times, often after failing a test or just
being so overwhelmed with schoolwork, it would bea
great source of hope and encouragement.
Things will go wrong at times, but you determine
what happens after a setback. There are in essence
two basic minclsets when it comes to dealing with
setbacks, One is the mindset of a pessimist and the
other is one of an optimist.
The first is that the optimist will see a setback a s
being temporary, whereasthe pessimist will view itas
permanent, The saying goes”never make a
permanent decision based on temporary
cirumstances.”The pessimist wttl do lust that
R, lthor than recognize the problem as being confirled
in time and able to be resolved they see it as
lmpt!sslbte and lasting, The optimist wiH see thg
evrpnt as being lrmited in tirrre with little or no neal
rrrlwct on the futune.
Thre second difference is how the pessimist and thg
optrmist will view a setback in terms of scope and
effect, The pessimist tends to regard a bad everlt or
outcome as being pervasiw and affecting everything
around them. Just because they made a loss on one
business decision, they will feel that their entire
business is not working and turns a bad investment,
while the truth is that only one deal went wrong. The
optimist is able to isolate a bad event and its effects
and to treat it as just a bad event that does not affect
everything else in their life,
Thirdly, the pessimist will view a setback as having an
internal or personal origin. A bad turn of events is
regarded by such a person as having been caused by
ssme flaw or shortcoming in their own character. The
optimist takes the healthy view that the event is
external to them and not necessarily caused by them.
They realise that there is probably nothing they could
have done personally to prevent what happened from
happening. Learning to detach yourself from
problems and setbacks is a skill that is essential to
achieve success and your dreams. Clarity of mind
cannot be there, if you see yourself as part of the
problem. Without clarity of mind you will not
overcome the setback easily.
Fourthly, and most importantly, the optimist knows
that, although they had no control over what
happened, they have the power to influence or
determine the outcome. This is what determines
whether you rise again after you fall or stay on your
belly and mourn endlessly until you are blue in the
face.
Your attitude when things go wrong is ultimately
more important than the event itself and is what will
determine if the outcome will be positive or negatiw.
If you have been defeated by a negative attitude
towards setbacks do not lose hope. Admitting your
mistakes is the first step to correcting them, A
Positive attitude can be learnt and developed. It is a
matter of choice. You can make the choice, whenever
faced with a diff iculty to look at it from an optimistic
point of view ratherthan a pessimistic one.
It is often said,”Every adversity has within it, the
seeds of an equivalent or greater benefit,”Whenever
you face with a setback, ask yourself what you could
do to turn it around. Better, still ask yourseff how you
can benef itfrom the setback. It may sound ridiculous.
but you can benefit from a setback if you change your
perspective. You will realise that there is nothing so
bad you cannot use it for some good and that there is
no situation that is totatly hopeless,