Optimism unplugged

A very small fraction of the people I have met in the workforce have a very unusual characteristic; they plan their future, both work and home, based on the most optimistic forward looking scenarios.

This approach has absolutely no contingency built in for the almost inevitable disappointments that will follow.

These people bounce from one disaster to another, using their enthusiasm and energy to keep going forward and to put the ‘failures’ behind them.

They stress out everyone else around them because they try and transfer their issues and make them someone else’s problem to solve; sort of like a very sophisticated series of simultaneous blackmailing, but all at a low level.

As they age the past catches up with them, a reputation is forged and their options shrink.