The Bright and Dark Sides of Optimism and Pessimism
We got the glass-half-full metaphor all wrong
We got the glass-half-full metaphor all wrong.
“There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” — William Shakespeare
Our perception of life is a matter of perspective. We were taught that pessimists see the glass as half-empty while optimists see it as half-full.
I’ve always liked to challenge truisms — metap…
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