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How Optimism Will Help Me Press on to Greater Achievements in My Future.

Optimism is a powerful tool. It gives you a will to live and to impact the world around you. In fact, optimism is so powerful that it led Colin Powel to say, "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier." Optimism makes your actions ten times more powerful because when you are optimistic you have a will to win, to compete, and to fight. Without optimism you have already lost your battle. Optimism is the driving force behind every action and the less you have of it, the less productive of a life you will have. In my own opinion, it is one of the necessary ingredients in having a more accomplished life. Optimism will help me press on to greater achievements in my future by allowing me to learn from my mistakes and failures, ignoring discouragements, and learning from others.

Many people become discouraged or depressed by failures or mistakes. However, an optimist can look at mistakes and not see what was wrong but instead what could be improved. Donald Trump once said, "Sometimes by losing a battle, you can learn how to win the war." Small mistakes can lead to giant lessons. Nobody gets better by winning, but at the same time many people get discouraged by losing. Optimism can help me push through this vicious cycle and learn from my mistakes, an uncommon ability that will help me become better in every aspect of my life. When I was little, I could never tie my shoes or button buttons. For the longest time, whenever anyone would ask me if I could do it, I would reply with a quick yes. One day in kindergarten, we had a test on who could tie shoes and button buttons. Of course, I failed completely, not even getting close. I could have looked at this and learned that I need to learn how to tie my shoes and button my buttons, but instead I looked at this situation in a broader perspective and learned that I need to be prepared. Ever since then, I learned the importance of preparation and, of course, how to tie my shoes.

Throughout the course of my life there will be many people who don't want me to achieve what I am capable of achieving. Optimism would allow me to ignore the discouragements of others and continue to try to become the best possible at whatever I try to achieve later in life. There will always be people trying to bring others down. No one thought that a college dropout could change personal computers, No one could have dreamed that a painter who only sold one painting in his entire life, could have become the art icon that is Vincent Van Gogh. The point is a lot of the time people will not believe in you. An optimist is capable of believing in his work without any external validation.

Some people get discouraged by the achievements and successes of others. A true optimist knows that their successes don't take away from yours. An optimist can look past this envy and learn from successful people. An optimist can be encouraged by envy, not discouraged by it. Envying a successful person that has had a productive life isn't a bad habit for an optimist. Instead it gives them an ideal example to strive toward. A goal that they can set their sights on so that every action becomes a stepping stone in order to achieve that goal. Eventually, They will become that ideal, that example that they set out to become. A pessimist, however, would see this successful person and instead of trying to become more like him or her they become discouraged with thoughts that they will never be as successful. One of my favorite examples of an optimistic person is, Friedrich Nietzche. He spoke of becoming who we really are and overcoming all the obstacles that life could possibly throw at us. He said that one way to do this is to accept your envy. He taught that there is nothing wrong with envy, as long as we use it to teach us what we really want and what we should work towards. He explained that envy is simply put a hint at what you could one day become. It's not that Nietzche believed that you always get what you want, Instead, he believed that in order to have an accomplished life you have to strive towards trying to achieve what you truly desire. Envy isn't always good. Most of the time envy grows into resentment which is bad, because it creates friction between someone else. You have to be in control of your envy.

In conclusion, optimism is a powerful tool. It can allow me to learn from my mistakes, ignore the discouragements of others, and learn from those who came before you. Optimism gives me the ability to face opposition without immediately giving up. Without optimism you will never truly win. Optimism has driven countries to prosperity and has allowed for single warriors to fight off armies. Optimism is one of the most, if not the most potent tool in accomplishing the goals that you set out to achieve.