From reading the popular press, you might be of the opinion that we should all be striving to be cheery optimists who always see the glass as half full and that anything short of that is an inherently bad thing and should be suppressed. But that would be a big mistake. There is a reason why an ability to have a pessimistic outlook has been so well preserved genetically/socially in populations over time and it relates to survival.
It’s those who see the glass as half empty (rather than half full) who realise the beer is running out and therefore do anything about refilling the glass! I’ve been on projects and holidays where the glass half full people stand around saying everything will be fine and us glass half empty people damn well know it will be fine because we’re thinking ahead and running round to prevent the glass from running dry. Which is infuriatingly compeletely unappreciated by the glass half fulls who knew it was going to be fine in the first place!
I haven’t yet worked out what the optimal ratio of glass half fulls to glass half empties is, but if you’re buying rounds in the pub you probably don’t want anything more than one half full to three half empties!
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Glass half full, glass half empty
From reading the popular press, you might be of the opinion that we should all be striving to be cheery optimists who always see the glass as half full and that anything short of that is an inherently bad thing and should be suppressed. But that would be a big mistake. There is a reason why an ability to have a pessimistic outlook has been so well preserved genetically/socially in populations over time and it relates to survival.
It’s those who see the glass as half empty (rather than half full) who realise the beer is running out and therefore do anything about refilling the glass! I’ve been on projects and holidays where the glass half full people stand around saying everything will be fine and us glass half empty people damn well know it will be fine because we’re thinking ahead and running round to prevent the glass from running dry. Which is infuriatingly compeletely unappreciated by the glass half fulls who knew it was going to be fine in the first place!
I haven’t yet worked out what the optimal ratio of glass half fulls to glass half empties is, but if you’re buying rounds in the pub you probably don’t want anything more than one half full to three half empties!
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