Optimism is a mental → attitude or world view that interprets situations and events as being best (optimized) and includes the hope that future conditions will unfold as optimal.

Changing your  → perspective is the key to:

>>  your → happiness

>>  your unlimited creativity

Due to optimistic positive thinking, → problems will become merely challenging → opportunities that you can turn to your advantage. They provide opportunities for personal growth and can stimulate your → creativity for finding better ways to live.

Can you become more optimistic? Can you adopt a positive attitude?

Yes, you can. You are what you think!

The simplest way to get rid of negative thinking is to empty your mind, clear it of all fears and anxieties while replacing them with positive thoughts.

Cultivate a burning belief in your noble life mission and a  burning desire to achieve → stretch goals.

Develop a Can-Do attitude that will help you to → turn your dream to reality. 

Surround yourself with optimistic people because optimism is contagious. So is pessimism. Studies find that people who live with depressed people tend to become depressed themselves. Surrounding yourself with optimistic, supportive people will help you turn occasional optimistic thoughts into a habitual way of thinking.

Another powerful tool for optimism is "2P & 3P thinking," suggested by Stephen Kraus. When good things happen to you, and when you accomplish your → goals, try to understand why those events occurred in Personal, Permanent and Pervasive terms.

If you → manage a successful project at work, take credit for that success. Attributing it to your intelligence, for example, offers an explanation that is personal (you are intelligent), permanent (you’ll always be intelligent) and pervasive (your intelligence will help on other projects as well).