What do you define yourself as?
I've(not really me but hell) narrowed the human race down to 4 categories that you guys may choose from, and I'm curious as to which you guys are and why?
I'm disclosing the names and brief definitions of these categories if you weren't previously aware of what they were, or what their characteristics are.
- Idealism
The attitude of a person who believes that it is possible to live according to very high standards of behavior and honesty.
Traits:
Positive Traits: Ability to coalesce ideals, Cheerful, Finds new ways of doing things, Makes a positive mark in the world, Sees the bright side of life, Sees the world as how it "should" be,
Negative Traits: False expectations, Greatly disappointed, Out of touch with real world, Naive, Pie in the sky, Unrealistic outlook
- Optimistic
Believing that good things will happen in the future : a feeling or belief that what you hope for will happen.
Traits:
Positive Traits: Rarely gets down, sees the best in people, trusting, well adjusted, happy, has high expectations.
Negative Traits: Naive, gullible, easily disappointed and let down, their outlook hinges on idealism, tends to overlook the true nature of people, easily persuaded.
- Pessimism
Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.
Traits:
Positive Traits: Anticipate problems in time to solve them, apprehensive, Not easily fooled, rarely disappointed, tends to see peoples true natures, are the ones to facilitate the level of quality and change.
Negative Traits: Easily depressed, Lacks hope, sees the worst in people, bleak, cynical, distrustful, hard to form relationships with at first.
- Realism
The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.
Traits: Positive Traits: Clear-headed, Gets the big-picture, Grounded, Non-judgmental, Objective, Sees both sides of things, Sees the world as it really is, Sorts out fact from fiction
Negative Traits: Biased, Jumps to conclusions with insufficient facts, Struggles with choices, Subjective, Supposition, Won't see point of view of others.
That's all for now, do tell if I missed any you think deserve to be on this poll.