FOR RELEASE: January 11, 2001
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No Sense Being Pessimistic...It Probably Won't Work Anyway!
International Expect Success Month Teaches People To Be Optimistic
Atlanta, GA (January 11, 2001) - Researchers document that depression
and pessimism go hand in hand. In fact, people who are depressed are usually
pessimistic first. Karla Brandau, founder of International Expect Success
Month and President of Life Power Dynamics, a firm specializing in personal
empowerment, says, "A key factor in fighting depression is to change
the view of life from pessimism to optimism. In other wards, if you can
learn to wake up every morning and 'Expect Success' you will improve the
quality of your life, improve your relationships, and be more innovative
at work."
Brandau continues, "Pessimists tend to believe bad events will
last for a long time and will undermine everything they do. They also
blame themselves for the unfavorable things that happen to them. In contrast,
optimists who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this world,
think about misfortune in the opposite way. They tend to believe defeat
is just a temporary setback, that its causes are confined to this one
case, and that defeat is not their fault. They are unfazed by defeat."
Before the 1960's people were thought to be a product of their environment
and little credence was given to the power of the mind and making conscious
choices for positive thoughts. With the work of psychologist Albert Ellis,
however, there came a shift from individual helplessness to individual
preference, choice, decision and expectation. Ellis believed that what
others thought of as deep neurotic conflict was simply bad thinking-it
was stupid behavior on the part of nonstupid people and he challenged
patients to give it up and change their thought process.
Psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck wrote that depression is not the disease,
but negative thinking is the disease. Yet another researcher, William
Glasser in his book, Control Theory, states that people choose depression
as a way to handle their problems.
People can learn to be emotionally healthy and take control of their
own destiny by learning to be optimistic and by using the power of positive
expectation. Brandau offers three tips for people wanting to change their
mental mindset:
1. Accept that life will inflict setbacks and disappointments.
2. Become resilient by seeing the setback as only temporary.
3. Exercise determination and perseverance to succeed. Don't quit trying.
4. Wake up every morning and expect positive things to happen.
If you would like additional tips, call 770-923-0883 and request by
fax or e-mail "10 Proven Tips To Make Positive Expectation Work For
You." For more information on International Expect Success Month,
call 770-923-0883 and ask for Karla Brandau.
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