Optimism and Confidence

One of my friend initiated this discussion through sms.....
Found it interesting and worth discussing about.

Most of the times people think optimism and confidence both are same.....
But there is a Big difference.

Many people think optimism is expecting the BEST!!!!
But it is not True.

Lets take the most popular example to describe Optimism .....
"A GLASS HALF FILLED WITH WATER"

If optimism is expecting the best then we would expect the glass to be full.....
But datz not the reality, Glass is only half filled.

Point i wish to make over here is expect the best may tend to make us ignore the reality and our vision would be superficial....
and then we will get disappointed that we didnt get something which was not realistic anyway.

A pessimist will look at the Glass as half empty and optimist will look at the glass as half full.
So what is the difference between an pessimist and optimist?
What makes a guy an Optimist?

The answer is "ATTITUDE".....
Optimism is all about bieng postivie .... A positive frame of mind can make hell lot of difference.

Situation may not always be the way you want it to be....
Situation may be like half filled glass... not fully favouring us nor totally against us.
A pessimist will only see negative in the present situation and blame his fate or people around for this situation.
An optimist will focus on the positive and move ahead.

Confidence on other hand is bieng self assured about achieving a task.
It can be due to following parameters:

Experience : Where you might have achieved the same or similar task before.

Will-Power : When you determined to achieve that task. determination sometimes gets you more focussed and more confident as you are more passionate.

Gut Feeling: Lot of times we listen to our Gut feeling and its this gut feelings which gives us the confidence to move ahead.

Other references: Where is reference of someone achieving such task before.

So both positive attitude and good confidence complment each other and are essential for any human bieng to perform. A confident guy with positive attitude can change the world.

So what are we waiting for.... Lets change the world!!!!

All the Best!!!