Have you ever thought that human beings are people dominated by their emotions, who somehow try to make use of them to produce logical thoughts and learn, which determine purpose-directed actions.
One proof of this approach we find well expressed by the phrase, “Seeing the glass half full or half empty.”
No one cares how objectively full the glass is, for in that case of would say, “The glass contains 50 percent water allowed by its size.”
Instead, we say it is “half full or half empty.” So the 50 percent water is valued differently depending on whether one wants to give it a positive or negative, optimistic or pessimistic emotional tinge.
Psychologists have found that every thought and action is always characterized by a pleasant or unpleasant emotional background that accompanies us relentlessly.
Understand well, then, the value of daily effort in understanding other people, understanding each other’s point of view aware of our own ideas as well. Nothing should be imposed. Those who do only out of duty will never be satisfied and will not value their actions, for the simple fact that they are not their own but those required by someone else.
Leaders, coaches, teachers, managers, must inspire optimism, teach seeing the glass half full and strive to fill it more and more.
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