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What If Help Were Closer Than You Think?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope, Optimism, Community, Olympics, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Blue Zone, Oscars 2009, Improveverywhere, Barack Obama, Living News

We are going to get through this, together. As President Obama put it: "We will rebuild." Despite the downward spiraling charts depicting this globa...

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Should President Obama Be More Optimistic?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, President Obama, Hope, Economy, Optimism, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, The Fly, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Mark McKinnon, President Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Politics News

If Obama is truly committed to change, being more optimistic may not help him in that effort. Americans voted for Obama because they were acutely aware of the problems the country faces.

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Finding Inspiration In Our Youth: The 'Lost Generation' Takes a Stand

Kari Henley | Posted 03.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Jane Goodall, Youth, Activism, Featured Contributor, Optimism, Political Activism, Pessimism, Aarp, Lost Genereation, Living News

Last week, I wrote about the impact of the economy on our children and explored if there is an "upside" to the down turning economy for families. (rea...

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Choosing Optimism When Pessimism Would Be Easier

Jason Mannino | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Ben Sherwood, Optimism, Gratitdue, Pessimism, Victor Frankl, Obama, Death, The Balanced Life, Featured Contributor, Living News

With the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, there has been a lot of talk about "change" and optimism. Some even think we have been hearing ab...

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It's Not Too Late: How To Revive Your Resolutions

Times Online | Jonny Wilkinson, Matt Roberts and Amanda Ursell | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Help, Resolutions, Optimism, Living News

January is a month when many of us set goals or resolutions - and failed to keep them. A new year always got me worrying about where I was heading. At...

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Positive Psychology: Hard Core 'Happiness' Nerds -- and Goldie Hawn

Kari Henley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Instead of psychologists spending all their time focusing on anger, depression and fear, they've decided to research the other end of the emotional spectrum, via Positive Psychology.

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The Search For Meaning In Government Service

Alex Pattakos | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Service, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Optimism, Viktor Frankl, Obama, The Inner Life, Government, Giving, Attitude, Meaning, Featured Contributor, Living News

Question: Why doesn't the civil servant look out her window in the morning? Answer: So she'll have something to do in the afternoon. Doing the public...

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Be Realistic, Expect Miracles: US Airways Flight 1549 And The Spirit of Service

Alex Pattakos | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: US Airways, Optimism, Hudson River, The Inner Life, Attitude, Meaning, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, The Giving Life, Giving, Living News

It is being called the "Miracle on the Hudson." On Thursday, January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River minutes after tak...

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Are You A Prisoner Of Your Thoughts?

Alex Pattakos | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Optimism, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Phil Jackson, New Year, Heraclitus, Living News

The ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, who was a contemporary of Confucius, Lao Tsu, and the Buddha, is reported to have said that "you can never ...

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Walking the Contradiction

Jon Chattman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Benjamin Button, Jim Carrey, William Hung, Jon Chattman, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Wanted, Yes Man, Pragmatism, Optimism, Unrealistic Movies, Realism, Happiness, Entertainment News

I know it's "just the movies" and things can't happen like they do in them, but sometimes it'd be nice if these kinds of "message movies" held some concrete messages within them.

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Optimism We Can Believe In

Frank Cooper III | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Baby Boomers, Pepsi Generation, Gen X, Millenials, Optimism, Barack Obama, Millenials Optimism, Politics News

Our recent survey discovered that despite the recession and the impact it is already having on jobs and long-term prospects, the Millennial generation may be the most optimistic.

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True Optimism: A Prescription for Getting Through Hard Times

Alex Pattakos | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Optimism, Chicken Little, The Inner Life, Attitude, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Living News

"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" cried Chicken Little. If you are unfamiliar or don't remember the story of Chicken Little, I invite you to...

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Don't Turn Obama Into Blair

Indra Adnan | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

Read More: Uk, Leadership, Responsibility, Economy, Obama, Media, Campaign, Government, Transition, Change, Charisma, Duty, Local Community, Networks, Blair, Neurology, Voting, Rapidrebuttal, Alistaircampbell, Britain, Charismatic, Focus, Optimism, Grassroots, Delegation, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Media Culture, Newteams, Academic, Morale, Narcissism, Donations, Yes We Can, Obama Blair, World News

Too many people in the UK remember the hope and subsequent betrayal of New Labour's victory in 1997 when Tony Blair metamorphosed from Bambi to Terminator in his first term.

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The Renewed Optimism of President Lincoln's Thanksgiving

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Economy, Recession, Optimism, Barack Obama, Happiness, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Commentary, Politics News

The proclamation which established a national day of Thanksgiving was issued during Lincoln's administration. It is tempting to draw comparisons between then and now.

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Give Optimism a Chance

Myles Brand | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: College Sports, Sports, Cynicism, Optimism, China Optimism, Ncaa, College Sports Cynicism, China, Barack Obama, Media News

I do not blame the cynics in college sports. They caught the virus from the rest of American culture. Americans these days permit and, indeed, encourage cynicism to pervade their lives.

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A 20-Year-Old on the Meaning of the Election

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christians, Obama Assassination Threats, Youth Vote, Obama Youth Vote, Jesus, No Doubt, Optimism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, The Future, Brett McElvaine, President Obama, Politics News

My son, Brett, who is 20 and just voted in his first presidential election, wrote the following on Facebook on Election Night. I was so proud and moved by what he wrote, that I decided to post it for others to see.

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Expat No More? Proud to be an American Abroad

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: African-American, Expat, Obama, Optimism, International, Abroad, Election, Bush, Presidential Election Results, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Election Results, Us Foriegn Relations, Us World Image, President Elect Obama, Politics News

This election was an international one, and we Americans have sent a strong message to the entire planet that we not only want change, but that we can and have taken back our country.

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Optimists Anyonymous!

Jeff Goldsmith | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Optimism, Baby Boomers, Social Security, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Optimism, Retirement, Economy, Business News

What we actually need to do is to clear away the wreckage, learn the important lessons about why you can't make risk simply disappear, and start dreaming again.

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Friday Talking Points [45] -- Lessons Democrats Should Learn From Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...

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Optimists or Idiots? You Be The Judge

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Negativity, The Full Life, Optimism, Happiness, Living News

I confess. I'm an optimist. You know, one of those annoying people who always looks on the bright side of life, believing that everything happens fo...

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Learning From Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon Win

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Wimbledon Final, Rafael Nadal, Change, Roger Federer, Wimbledon, Optimism, Nadal Wimbledon, Rafa Nadal, Nadal Final Match, Federer Nadal Wimbledon, Entertainment News

Remember, just like this Wimbledon final shows us, something can change at any moment ... don't be so convinced that you know how something in your life is going to work out!!

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Up Your Consumer Confidence!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Driving, Consumer Confidence, Long Run, Shopping, Optimism, Media Sensationalism, Media, Business News

After all the windbaggery, all the "news" offered by the desperate people who work in the media business, there is still every reason to have confidence. Wait until things get better; they always do.

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Researchers Pinpoint Optimism Region Of Brain

AP | Will Dunham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Brain Biology, Optimism, Living News

Imagine receiving a big chunk of cash in the future. Or winning a prize. Chances are, such optimistic thoughts are coming from two places in the brai...

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