Three Types Of Attitudes

Have you ever thought about why your views on events can change so drastically in what seems like such short periods of time? It’s life; the way life affects your attitude ranges far and wide. Life can change your attitude or views in so many different ways that it 's astounding. Attitude is a complicated topic to both experience and discuss because it 's something based off the experiences of an individual rather than that of a group of people. Your experiences definitely change the way you think, that’s why most fall within one of the three categories: a pessimist, an optimist or a realist. Though almost everyone goes through all three types of attitudes at different points in their life because everyone experiences dealings like tragedies …show more content…
These are the people who see the water in the glass instead of how much is within the glass. Realists are the ones who think based off the facts and decide that life is what is happening and that you can 't change it, they realize that the worst comes with the positive in due time. It’s like attending college for a bachelor degree in Social Work, you’re most likely not going to find a job in the field straight away. Instead, you could be working as a barista at Starbucks for a few years to pay off schooling. You could end up as a clerk in the mall’s food court, while you try to gain experience working or volunteering with children and families in places like daycares, shadowing other social workers or interning at an office that works with foster care children and the likes. Realists realize that statistics prove they most likely won’t find their desired job in their graduating major right after graduating, but it doesn’t mean that their degree is completely useless. The opposite actually, if they work towards their goal and put forth the effort needed to even the playing fields. These are the people that know life’s curve balls can be thrown back, if they take things into their own hands and balance the possible outcomes of a …show more content…
How can an optimist understand the views of a pessimist or of a realist if all they have experienced was the happiness that life brought them? How can you say you understand the point of view of another person 's attitude when you have never known what it was like to be the other person? How can you feel sympathy and sadness for another person when you have nothing to relate it to? You can 't understand another person until at one point in life you have been in their shoes being the realist trying to find the truth, the pessimist find the negative of a situation or an optimist trying to be the positivity in a room of