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Optimist essay How my optimism can help me succeed.

Having optimism is one of the most important things in the world. Optimistic people are usually the most successful people in the world because they can get through tough times with ease. The quote, "Everyday may not be good, but there is something good in everyday," is the type of saying that optimistic people live by. In this speech I will tell you what optimism is, how it has helped me in the past, and how it makes me more successful.

To be optimist you have to know what it means. Optimism is a tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the greater outcome. Basically it means to think the best is going to happen, even when things are bad, but it doesn't mean to be out of touch with reality or ignore life's difficulties. It helps you stay on track and make everyday a happier day. Being optimistic is one of the best things in the world. It can help you do anything you set your mind to.

Optimism has helped me in the past, especially in sports. One example is basketball. I had fractured my hip before the beginning of last years basketball season, and I couldn't have been happier. And after seeing that our basketball team won one out of fourteen games I considered buying a lottery ticket with my luck. Unfortunately as the basketball season rolled around this year I couldn't find an excuse not to play. Since our basketball season last year was horrific, I was expecting the worst and I imagine the rest of the team did too. As we started practicing some of the anger from being forced to play had disappeared, but I still thought that we were going to have a horrible season. As the season went on I actually enjoyed playing basketball and was happy to be on the team. We even finished the season with a 6-8 record which was an amazing improvement.

My second example is our I.C.S. soccer season. In 7th grade I tried out for the soccer team and I was benched for the majority of the season. So when soccer started late last year I didn't know if I was going to try out. Finally after days of thinking about it I decided to hope for the best and think positively and I joined the soccer team. Thinking like this made me extremely confident in my abilities and helped me preform to my best capabilities and earn a spot in the starting squad. There was only one problem, I wasn't playing the position I wanted to play. I wanted to be the forward, but coach had a different idea. He wanted me to play midfielder. There was no use trying to get coach to change his mind so I had to deal with it. I decided to do what I had done before and think positively. So as the season went on I grew into my position and ended up scoring a lot of goals. So many, in fact, that I ended up being top goal scorer for the team, and I have only optimism to thank for that.

Optimism makes me more successful by putting me a more productive mood. When I'm in a more productive mood I can get stuff done. Like when I was thinking positively for soccer. I would go outside my house and kick the ball at my goal as much as possible. When my friends would come over I would convince them to go outside and we would play for hours. This all helped me become more successful in getting that starting squad spot like I had wanted.

Through optimism I have become more confident in my abilities. I have also learned that it can help me especially in things that I love, like sports, and that it can help me become more productive.