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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OldSchool101" data-source="post: 1083749" data-attributes="member: 10086">Some will spin this as “optimistic” and that’s fine. You don’t traverse a season as an NFL team being “pessimistic” and have high level success. So optimism is a compliment, not something that detracts from success. I’ve read up on many great athletes of various sports throughout history. One common denominator was they were almost universally regarded at people who took adversity and overcame. It wasn’t that they didn’t have setbacks, it’s that they used their setbacks as a sort of tool to press forward with an even more vigorous approach. See..they didn’t see setbacks the way you and I see them. Highly Successful people see setbacks as an opportunity to grow in new ways and to even better themselves. The bulk of us fans are talented in a variety of ways (including myself) but the vast majority aren’t highly successful with our talent because we give up or get discouraged when we sniff trouble. Top athletes (top performers in any industry) don’t buy into that thinking. Matter of fact they use setbacks to propel them to the next plateau, they don’t waste a second of precious time looking backwards or feeling sorry for themselves.  That’s mostly a fan thing to use the “woe is me” reaction. Elite athletes don’t react… they respond.I always loved the story of the reporter who asked Thomas Edison how he was able to continue after so many failures?  Various numerical variations of his response, but he said something to the effect that “I didn’t look at those failed attempts as failures, I just found a 1,000+ ways that didn’t work”.  One of the most successful minds on planet Earth didn’t get discouraged by a setback. He used setbacks as a catalyst to press on until his breakthrough. He was in fact “optimistic”. With “light rose colored glasses”.   The Thomas Edison Testing Company still operates today. My Wife worked for Intertek. They are a 130+ years run Company that tests various appliances.  They essentially blow stuff up and the she would call the fire department. If they pass the test they put the TEL stamp of approval you see on the back of many of your household appliances. True story.Don’t buy into this false idea that you can’t be inventive in new ways to overcome a major setback when something blows up in your face. It’s just part of a process of success. Be a Thomas Edison thinker, it’s effects are proven to be long lasting and highly successful.</blockquote>

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