Many people focus on acquiring knowledge and developing skills to increase their value as individuals, but for people, we are not a set of knowledge and skills. Our value is not determined by a position or resume. Our value to others is really determined by what they see in us, what we emit, the feelings we convey. It’s our attitude that makes all the difference. This is what Victor Koppers calls the “lamp effect. “
With the metaphor of the “lamp effect”, Victor Koppers elaborates his hypothesis on what is the key to success and why we project one image and not another. In this way, Koppers defends the power of positive psychology to bring about changes in our lives. .
- Victor Koppers explains that people are like lamps.
- Because we all transmit sensations and capture the sensations that other people transmit to us.
- However.
- Although we all pass.
- We do not all convey the same thing.
Just as not all lamps shine with the same intensity or with the same type of light, not everyone transmits the same kind of sensations, so while some project a powerful beam, others do not receive enough light or burn.
What would be the difference in the value we project to others?The difference lies in attitude, is that the formula for demonstrating this simple enough?V – (C H) x A ?, Where? Ⅴ? It’s courage, isn’t it?That’s knowledge, what’s wrong with what? Skills and?Attitude.
Victor Koppers does not neglect the contribution of knowledge and skills to the value of people; for him, these factors add up. But the key to knowledge and skills being reflected in projected value is the multiplier action of attitudes.
The difference between the big and the mediocre is in the attitude, says Victor Koppers. We are not great for our studies, our skills or our professional achievements. What makes us great is our way of being. That’s what’s important. What makes a difference.
But what happens when life gets complicated?What happens when plans are distorted, when things don’t go as planned?
“That’s not what’s wrong with you, that’s what you do with what’s wrong with you. – Aldous Huxley-
When things go wrong, many cling to discouragement, resignation, and apathy; lose hope, joy and enthusiasm. They’re quitting. But there’s another option: positive psychology offers an exit because it studies what we can do to encourage ourselves when we have one disappointment after another.
The normal thing is to live with enthusiasm and joy. The absence of these two ingredients is the first reason to make us react. And if it’s normal to be happy, it’s because we deserve to be happy. The good news is that you can work on the attitude because it doesn’t depend on someone else. That’s why we can change this situation. We are responsible for our own attitude. In fact, it’s one of the few things that really depends on us.
“There’s nothing like being happy for life, keeping your spirits in difficult times. – Victor Koppers-
Everyone has the right to live their own dramas, but it is one thing to live a drama and another to have problems, in this sense, Victor Koppers distinguishes between the dramas and the circumstances to be solved.
Koppers’ approach is clear: few losses can really justify the loss of our happiness, at this point he stresses the importance of being grateful. The moment when the inertia of the negative takes power is when we need this exercise of reflection most, so that our field of vision does not come down to what did not go as planned, as we wanted.
“The most important thing in life is that the most important thing is the most important thing. -Stephen Covey-