University of Nairobi Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department, Dr Geoffrey Wango is of the opinion that pessimism or optimism makes a person. “The human life is highly influenced by the aspects of positive attitude or negative attitude.

Dependent on your upbringing and socialisation, it is likely that you will either grow up with an attitude of, ‘I can’ or ‘I can’t’,’’ he says. He adds that either at the work place or home, the culture of encouragement is paramount to boost one’s esteem to do even better.