In the past two issues of ISHN, I addressed a person factor that influences our motivation and attitude toward safety: You can place yourself in one of four person-state categories by considering whether your approach to safety is seeking success or avoiding failure.
Exclusive success seekers are the most optimistic, while exclusive failure avoiders are most pessimistic. Overstrivers seek success and avoid failure; while extremely motivated, they often feel distressed and insecure. Although the failure accepters are most unmotivated and apathetic, they are typically more content than the failure avoiders and overstrivers.