But in getting through hard times, hope may be more powerful than we realize.In his book Making Hope Happen, the psychologist Shane Lopez writes that in a crisis, less-hopeful people tend to shut down.
They’re more concerned with “surviving the now” than preparing for the future. The most hopeful people, however, are more likely to create a picture of a meaningful goal that expands their sense of what they can accomplish.Hoping for something doesn’t mean you’re not taking action. Hope is action. As an organizational psychologist, I’ve found that hope requires three things: In a study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology, participants were asked to write about past experiences in which something they hoped for was eventually.
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