A Mindset Of "It's Worth A Try" Can Bring Success By Fighting Your Negativity Bias

As a positive person, I still have a strong Eeyore characteristic.

I have doubts.

You seldom hear me express this side of my personality. Acting positive and confident follows the belief that you should act like you want to be. So I appear to have a positive outlook. Which, of course, I do have, except for when I don't.

I shouldn’t be surprised to have doubts. This is how our brains work.

Research shows people naturally have a negativity bias. We remember negative events and feelings more intensely than positive ones. The result is pessimism about ourselves and our world.

I see my negativity bias when new ideas and strategies are proposed.

There’s a solution to this.

Change your mindset to ‘It’s worth a try’ to get an answer instead of persisting in doubt. It will either work or not.

My writing journey has taught me this lesson.

Do I need to write my headline before I write the essay? I doubted this one for months. Then I tried it to learn it makes a big difference.

Do I need a writing niche? Three tries taught me that a niche kills my interest and does not serve my writing purpose.

Over and over, I have to remind myself to be open to the possibilities.

There is a spectrum of outcomes for any possibility.

Sometimes the answer surprises you with YES!

Other times you discover NO WAY.

You won’t know the outcome until you try.