How to Be a Defensive Pessimist

Todd Kashdan (@toddkashdan) is a Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientist at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University and co-author of The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self -- Not Just Your "Good" Self -- Drives Success and Fulfillment.

• Why trying to be positive and happy all the time may be harming your ability to get things done and achieve the results you want.
• How what you may think of as negative emotions -- like anger -- can be useful superpowers with the proper awareness and application.
• The problem with living in a time and place when distraction from discomfort comes in an easier and greater variety than ever before.
• Why every decision you make now is based on how you expect to feel in the future -- and you probably underestimate your ability to tolerate distress.
• How you can use the discomfort caveat to ease out of the "put on a happy face" rut around others.
• And much more...

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