The optimist and the pessimist need to know who is who.
Why is that true?
When a cock-eyed optimist knocks heads with a pessimist, over long, that's a sign that neither is stopping to consider the failure rate that will ensue as long as both people remain blind to the reality of their own self defeating traits. If it's true that opposites attract then common sense suggests that it's classic for head on collisions to exist in home after home … unless one personality capitulates with subservience to the other … as in peace at any cost. Generally, neither recognizes that one has become subservient to the other in terms of whose needs are met. And here is why that's true, much of the time: The one who most needs peace at any cost has no clue as to how much conflict is feared. In short, this fear, which rooted deeply during childhood, is subconscious in nature.
Next it's of value to consider what must result if an optimist grows so weary of talking to the pessimist's defensive walls as to become, over time, as pessimistic, concerning conflict resolution, as the pessimist … I mean if you stop to think about it, no matter how cock-eyed the optimist, common sense suggests that, eventually, emotional unrest is bound to build up … and when internal unrest coils up without release, tension grows so combustible that tempers heat up until one last straw is all that's necessary for anger to boil forth. Thus, that which may seem to be overreactive may be compared to lighting the match that ignites emotional TNT. In truth, the cock-eyed optimist, who's seen as overreactive, actually has a very long fuse …
Next imagine consequences, which are likely to result, if two cock-eyed optimists pair up, and both deny reality by throwing caution to the wind, overlong …
Can you see why common sense suggests that no matter how successful you are, right now, every aspect of life, including peace of mind, will improve when more of us recognize the importance of gathering the courage, humility and patience necessary to consciously set our egos to one side in hopes of uncovering injured areas of self esteem, buried so deeply within the subconscious that we can't identify self defeating traits which weaken leadership's greatest strengths?
BTW ... Can you name one strength that every great leader needs to continue to hone?
Why is that true?
When a cock-eyed optimist knocks heads with a pessimist, over long, that's a sign that neither is stopping to consider the failure rate that will ensue as long as both people remain blind to the reality of their own self defeating traits. If it's true that opposites attract then common sense suggests that it's classic for head on collisions to exist in home after home … unless one personality capitulates with subservience to the other … as in peace at any cost. Generally, neither recognizes that one has become subservient to the other in terms of whose needs are met. And here is why that's true, much of the time: The one who most needs peace at any cost has no clue as to how much conflict is feared. In short, this fear, which rooted deeply during childhood, is subconscious in nature.
Next it's of value to consider what must result if an optimist grows so weary of talking to the pessimist's defensive walls as to become, over time, as pessimistic, concerning conflict resolution, as the pessimist … I mean if you stop to think about it, no matter how cock-eyed the optimist, common sense suggests that, eventually, emotional unrest is bound to build up … and when internal unrest coils up without release, tension grows so combustible that tempers heat up until one last straw is all that's necessary for anger to boil forth. Thus, that which may seem to be overreactive may be compared to lighting the match that ignites emotional TNT. In truth, the cock-eyed optimist, who's seen as overreactive, actually has a very long fuse …
Next imagine consequences, which are likely to result, if two cock-eyed optimists pair up, and both deny reality by throwing caution to the wind, overlong …
Can you see why common sense suggests that no matter how successful you are, right now, every aspect of life, including peace of mind, will improve when more of us recognize the importance of gathering the courage, humility and patience necessary to consciously set our egos to one side in hopes of uncovering injured areas of self esteem, buried so deeply within the subconscious that we can't identify self defeating traits which weaken leadership's greatest strengths?
BTW ... Can you name one strength that every great leader needs to continue to hone?
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