LE Part3: "Optimism" and Procrastination

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 "Optimism" is a big theme of Chapter 3 in the book, Leading at the Edge. At first, I was surprised to know that optimism can be cultivated by learning. I don't really think I am optimistic, but I don't know I'm pessimistic either. By looking through "ABCDE" model introduced by Martin Seligman, I felt familiar with those steps because I often do the same process as written. This chapter talks mainly about a good effect of being optimistic, but I don't think it just has a positive effect. In my case, even though I often go through those five steps, I feel relieved and postpone working on it. I think I myself know what it is perfectly: procrastination. I'm not trying to insist being optimistic is a certainly bad thing or all the people being optimistic can procrastinate. However, I know many people who try to run away from the problems they have to face, just after convincing themselves, "it's gonna be okay." For example, It can often be seen before the exams. Those people who tend to procrastinate their work extend the days to study for the exams and one day before their exams, they get panicked and try to study without sleeping. As a leader, procrastinating is a fatal thing to do. Being optimistic and showing that to the teammates are, of course, important, but leaders should be optimistic based on an absolute reality and should have time-limit, or deadline for what they are working on, and also should be aware of the fact that some of their teammates can feel much more relieved than leaders expect so that keeping alerting is sometimes important for those teammates.

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