The Disempowered Pessimist

In today’s episode, I want to talk about a personality type that actively limits the happiness and success of those who possess it. The kind of people who see the glass half empty and no light at the end of the tunnel; those who carry around a dour and sullen opinion of what is possible for themselves and others. Today, I want to talk about the disempowered pessimist. More than a typical pessimist, one who is disempowered has adopted a highly insular worldview, where the idea of what’s possible in life is highly restricted and where the cause of failure can always be attributed to someone or something else. This unproductive mindset robs good, hardworking people of the opportunities that would otherwise be available to them with a more positive, self-assured outlook. There are countless reasons people fall victim to this way of thinking, and I’ll explore one of them, but I’m primarily going to focus how to avoid it using an example from my own life.