I saw this quote from George Will on line the other day…
“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.”
I couldn’t let it go.  As a career success coach, I’m always telling my clients that they can boost their self confidence through the power of optimism.  So I don’t see a lot of value in being a pessimist.  If you’re “constantly being proven right” you’re probably creating your own self fulfilling prophecies.  Pessimism works like that.
I choose to be an optimist and create my own …