Optimism Tool
This SEL Solution Tool is designed to: strengthen the competency of Self-Awareness, specifically the skill of Optimism.
Purpose: Improve your ability to:
See the positive even in negative situations.
Instructions: A highly reliable way to overcome adversity and strengthen optimism is to become aware of and dispute existing pessimistic beliefs. The most convincing way of disputing a negative belief is to see out evidence to show that it is factually incorrect. Successfully disputed beliefs are less likely to recur when adversity presents itself again.
Suggested use: weekly and on demand (ie when you are feeling pessimistic about yourself, a situation, or another person)
This SEL Solution Tool is designed to: strengthen the competency of Self-Awareness, specifically the skill of Optimism.
Purpose: Improve your ability to:
See the positive even in negative situations.
Instructions: A highly reliable way to overcome adversity and strengthen optimism is to become aware of and dispute existing pessimistic beliefs. The most convincing way of disputing a negative belief is to see out evidence to show that it is factually incorrect. Successfully disputed beliefs are less likely to recur when adversity presents itself again.
Suggested use: weekly and on demand (ie when you are feeling pessimistic about yourself, a situation, or another person)
This SEL Solution Tool is designed to: strengthen the competency of Self-Awareness, specifically the skill of Optimism.
Purpose: Improve your ability to:
See the positive even in negative situations.
Instructions: A highly reliable way to overcome adversity and strengthen optimism is to become aware of and dispute existing pessimistic beliefs. The most convincing way of disputing a negative belief is to see out evidence to show that it is factually incorrect. Successfully disputed beliefs are less likely to recur when adversity presents itself again.
Suggested use: weekly and on demand (ie when you are feeling pessimistic about yourself, a situation, or another person)