CHAPTER 11
PESSIMISTIC
“Do you know what a pessimist is? A man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.”
—George Bernard Shaw
In the movies the pessimist always gets a big laugh, but if you work with someone full of doom and gloom, you're probably not laughing. The pessimist demands your time, drains your energy, and clouds your critical judgment. Why the difference between the pessimist in the arts and literature and in real life? Why do these people who expect the worst to happen, who cry when others laugh, and who search for the dark side strike our funny bone? One reason is that we feel pessimists can't hurt us. ...
Get Working with Difficult People, 2nd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
