BEWARE When Optimism Turns To Hubris

NOT to paint myself in a corner BUT I have to admit that I am a dyed-in-the-wool OPTIMIST.  With one too many roadblocks throughout my journey till to date, I have to admit I WON'T be here blogging at my own pace IF I'll deny the level [call it severity?] of OPTIMISM I always manifest in my life.  BUT, life is not always as simply as having the sun, shining and dandy.  BEWARE When Optimism Turns To Hubris  because once it's ugly head turns up, you can be like caught in an unexpected hurricane [in life]📗📙📘

NOT to downplay things BUT I did bear witness to many optimists WHO were miles ahead of me from an OPTIMISM perspective.  They are the ones WHO would take the plunge with the least convincing necessary.  It's GO-GO-GO for them and to their credit, I've witnessed some of their successes BUT not to bad-mouth them, their successes were paltry when mapped against all the debacles, a.k.a. failures💧💧💧

SO HOW?  Becoming more optimistic can help you see people, situations and tasks with a more positive outlook.  People WHO are OPTIMISTS can expectedly reduce their stress levels and improve their productivity and have more fulfilling experiences.  Oooops I've heard a debate WHEN it was being argued that the stress levels for OPTIMISM are much higher because they seem to be always in 'full throttle'💥💥💥

You might argue WHY are we wasting our time today to talk about OPTIMISM?  This is more info-sharing than an information roadshow because to most of us, we know well enough all these stuff.  Allow me then to do a look-up on researches encouraging us to be more OPTIMISTIC:

• It minimizes STRESS - because we tend to focus on the positive aspects of our life
• It improves our HEALTH - Expert studies showed that OPTIMISTS have lower risks of heart disease, stroke and other medical conditions, on top of better immune systems, no thanks to OPTIMISM
• Increased PRODUCTIVITY - This is quite obvious.
• More career BREAKTHROUGHs - This is very likely
• Reduced risk of depression OR anxiety - Amen

Our takeaway:  OPTIMISM is one of the things in life which entails MINIMAL efforts that may equate to BIGGER and more impactful results.  ISN'T that a giveaway per se?  WHY go BIG if there are way to go and aim for that BIG IMPACTING plum while leveraging on your well grounded OPTIMISM?  If there's one thing we need to be cautioned, please ensure you remain adept to PULL THE BREAKS when your OPTIMISM seems to have gone overboard, OR frankly it has gone berserk.  That's WHEN OPTIMISM TURNS TO HUBRIS😌😌😌