During The Interview.

Thanks for the support.. It's just that I'm always pessimistic. (You know, the glass is always half-empty...)
However, I'll try to keep your advice in mind.
My humble greetings...

An Engineer will say that the glass is twice as much as it should be. Read this quote somewhere.

The funny thing is I am going to be an engineer. :twisted: And that's an interesting approach. I'll keep it in mind.

Glass is Half full or Glass is Half Empty!!!!

Perspective’s prospect: Glass is Half full or Glass is Half Empty

Some interviewers sought to have a typical candidate who is more of positive and growth oriented, considering “Glass is Half full or Glass is Half Empty, Try to glance the research result:

This is top four point comparison:

Glass is Half Full:

Pros:

a) He is Positive thinker.

b) He views the world at what has been achieved.

c) He is more satisfied.

d) He thinks that he filled half already and it is easy to fill next half.



Thinking of Half full viewer against Half Empty viewer:

a) He is more of negative.

b) He is never satisfied of the results.


Glass is Half Empty:

Pros:

a) He is creative thinker and finds the gap to make existing system as legacy.

b) He has good vision on what has to be done, thinker of, “Lot to done before going to sleep”.

c) He is more optimistic and enthusiasts.

d) He has no overconfidence, on what has been accomplished.



Thinking of Half Empty viewer against Half Full viewer:

a) He is dull and looks he has reached his goal.

b) He has overconfidence on what he has done.


And on conclusion, it has been found that, this is about his mood and it cannot be said on his behavior and also it has been found as in different cases both type of viewers has got good results, so when you interview consider these and get to own conclusion on this!!

Courtesy : http://geekswithblogs.net/brcraju/ar...3/29/3479.aspx

Heheh, thank you again Neejar/ Ebisu-san. I had never thought that the "half-empty" option would have any pros.
I had the impression that it was always about moody, grouchy people, insociable and lonesome. Now I find out that it actually has a good secret meaning and I'm a bit taken back.
But I also believe that it's a very worn-out question, as well. I mean, seriously. There has to be another way to see whether someone is optimistic or not.
Just my thoughts.

You say u are optimistic and the moment u become optimistic. That's what I feel. We should have the tendency to find out something good out of everything. Even if that thing is Negative.

Each and everything has something to teach us. Or, these are we who are supposed to do the reverse, i.e. bring the positive out of everything. Let us take an example, in our life we face challenges on a regular basis and thus there are ample opportunites for us to look at the scenario.

1) If we are helping some dumb guy, we are acting optimistic because, we feel that someday this guy will change.

2) If we are not shouting at something bad happened to us, we are acting optimistic as we feel that the bad time will stay only for short period of time.

3) If we are very happy at some point of time and even in that situation keeping ourselves within the limit and we are not hurting others feeling then we are optimistic because we know ...

so , it can be a long list friend, and same way we can frame our parameters to test if we are optimistic.

I feel, if we act noble, we are. That's the simplest parameter to test it.

What happens, though, when you constantly find yourself in different situations and keep getting disappointed?
I agree that many experiences bring us more wisdom, but not necessarily happiness as well. Yes, we SHOULD focus on the bright side, but sometimes it's so faded we can hardly discern it.
Can you picture it(it's almost visual the way I think it)?
Just my thoughts.

Conclusion

So, how are happiness, hope and optimism related? They are all three positive conditions. They are all three great motivators. How do they differ? They differ in the mechanism in which they are acquired. It is also generally accepted that happiness is an emotion and that hope and optimism are not (at least not fundamental emotions). Hope and optimism differ in that hope is situation specific (specific condition) and contingent upon one's own abilities (internal condition). Optimism is an overall explanatory style (global condition) that positive things will occur independent of one's ability (external condition).

In short, it seems, at least to this author, that happiness is nothing more than a biological state brought about by the release and blocked reabsorption of certain neurotransmitters (primarily norepinephrine, dopamine, and sertonian) triggered by physical and cognitive activities. Individual differences, primarily acquired through learning, could account for the differences in reported levels of happiness by different individuals after experiencing certain activities.

Hope seems to be a primarily learned condition. It seems that it is usually learned at an early age through the socialization process. It seems to require little cognitive thought and, in fact, actively thinking about the pros and cons of some situations could lead an individual to lose all hope.

Optimism, in comparison, seems to me to be a primarily cognitive activity. It seems that some people do indeed have a tendency to have an optimistic attitude about life and situations in general, but that their optimism, unlike hope, is based on logical, rational facts that are processed cognitively.

So we have three very different, but complimentary, conditions. One, happiness, being primarily biological in nature, seems to be the most basic, fundamental condition of the three. Hope, being primarily a learned condition, can lead to happiness, and optimism, a primarily cognitive condition which, in the words of one researcher, spawns hope. And, in turn, happiness seems to reinforce optimism leading to a cycle of happy, hopeful, optimistic persons.

Source : http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/happy.htm

Dear Kakashi,

I feel that after reading the above excerpts from one of the very good articles on Internet, you would get some kind of insight about the ways to give some hope when you face challenges in your life in gloomy situations. In short, add the flavor of hope - things would improve.

P.S. - Read the complete article at http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/happy.htm at your leisure.