性格を選べるなら、楽観主義？悲観主義？

"Half full or half empty?"

This is the English phrase describes that people have different perspectives on the same thing. When a glass is filled half with water, some people think that the glass is "half full" while others see that it is "half empty". 

Those with "楽観主義" are called optimistic people, meaning that they usually see things in positive ways. They naturally believe that things would go well with very few troubles, sometimes without evidence. On the other hand, those with "悲観主義" are called pessimistic people, meaning that they expect their life to be negative. For pessimistic people, it is common to assume that they face many troubles.

What is common in both optimistic and pessimistic people is that they don't have evidence for expecting anything positive or negative. Thus, it is not really about whether they are cheerful or not. Optimistic people simply tend to think like, "Tomorrow will be fine", and pessimistic people are like "Tomorrow will be horrible", no matter what.

Which category are you in? Personally, I'm inclined to pessimistic people. I often wonder, "Have I done enough preparation for tomorrow? Maybe not. I should do more work before I clock out." I'm not truly negative, but I tend to do work until I'm very satisfied and safe. This is because I somehow expect a trouble and do my best to prevent it. Does this experience sound familiar to you?

I want you to know that being optimistic does not always come with good things. What if you have to work with optimistic people? They would assume no troubles, and therefore they might fail to accomplish their tasks due to lack of preparation. And if they don't change their attitude, you probably have to do additional work to cover them.

Overall, optimistic people sounds more positive and thus happy and preferable, but it does not guarantee that they are better than pessimistic people. If we see the conditions from different perspective, some may say that optimistic people are less careful than pessimistic people.

Now, the debate question goes as which personality is better, optimistic or pessimistic people? Please take your stance and pick two reasons to support your argument.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

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