The prerequisite to the study was the increasing importance of the problem of optimism that has become popular and in-demand in the US and Russian psychology in recent decades that largely reflects real significance of the issue. In addition, carrying out an investigation on optimism and pessimism is necessary to solve a number of practical psychological problems faced by people of the modern society, particularly in psychological practice in coping with a wide range of psychological problems. Despite considerable interest towards the psychology of optimism in Western (mainly American) psychology and great practical significance of this field, it is neglected in Russian science. Therefore, it is necessary to ascertain the need for assimilation of achievements of Western psychology of optimism and development of Russian research in this direction.The aim of the research was studying and development of personal potential in optimists and pessimists by means of training on organisation. As the result of implementation of the training, it was found that there is no pronounced dynamics in the continuum of the pessimism-optimism against the background of qualitative changes in the studied parameters. Undoubtedly, the initiated research in this area requires a prolonged period of time.

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