LET'S TALK about OPTIMISM Conversation Starters

True optimists are not running around saying “Life is wonderful! Everything is perfect! I’m amazing!” They are more realistic than you think. The important distinction between optimists and pessimists is that they believe they have control over their lives, and that what they do makes a difference. If you believe that nothing you do matters, you do nothing. You feel powerless and you give up. You stop looking for solutions. That is the definition of helplessness. Pessimists give up more easily, are more likely to get depressed, accomplish less than their potential, and experience more illnesses. If you don’t believe what you do matters, you don’t try hard enough or long enough to succeed, therefore creating the negative future you believed would happen. The LET’S TALK about OPTIMISM conversation starters make it easy for parents to help their children develop a more optimistic outlook on life.