Optimism v/s Pessimism

  Lets analyse this scenario.Indian superstar Amitabh Bachhan's entertainment company ABCL Pvt. Ltd. has closed down due to bankruptcy and he is reeling under the mighty weight of debts.At this dark hour of his life the Star India Network approaches him to host an adaptation of the hugely popular foreign quiz show "Who wants to be a millionaire?" which they are to name Kaun Banega Crorepati.

  Now Mr.Bachhan could have looked at this situation in two ways-one,he could have been a pessimist and declined the offer as it was a big gamble to undertake the journey from the cineplexes to the drawing rooms and second,he could have looked at it as a ray of light in his dark life and taken the challenge.As we all know he took up the challenge and the rest we know is history.The show became a runaway hit and propelled him to such great heights that he became the cynosure of all eyes.All the leading filmmakers lined up to sign him and since he has not looked back since.So if someone says,"It is to better to be a pessimist.Either you are proved write or you are pleasantly surprised.",I would cite this among many other scenarios as a riposte.I believe ,"It is better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right."

  A pessimist is always right as one who thinks negative has negative happening to him day in and day out.Positive incidents are almost extinct in his life whereas an optimist sees the sunny side of life and achieves success predominately.Another successful optimist is Mr. Ratan Tata who with his optimistic outlook towards life has scaled enormous heights.His company's acquisition of the European steel major Corus by outbidding Brazilian steel giant CNS is the mother of all acquisitions by an Indian company.Winston Churchill has rightly quoted,"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity,an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."Mr. Tata saw the opportunity and has thus become a pride for the nation and in the process he has put India on the global steel map.

  So i firmly believe that its far better to be an optimist and achieve success more often than not rather than be a pessimist and let go of opportunities for fear of failure.And to those who say that being a pessimist they have achieved more success than many optimists I have just one riposte-what matters is how you did and not what you did.