Pessimist’s case: Bjorck may struggle to hang onto an NHL roster spot, as 5-9 forwards who don’t produce tend not to last ...

For the most part, the world is made up of optimists and pessimists—and sprinkled with a healthy dose of realists in between. In general, optimists expect good things to happen, and pessimists expect ...

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Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? It’s important to realize because as a leader, it can affect not just you and how you think, but also the culture you create and what the people you lead ...

Frank always looks for the silver lining. For example, the other day we were playing golf. I hit the first ball straight down the fairway. "Well, that's a little unusual," I thought to myself. Frank ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz Kislik covers leadership, team dynamics and success at work. The optimist’s general stance, says Paul-Choudhury, is: “We can ...

During his time in a Nazi prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote to his friend Eberhard Bethge that he was neither a pessimist (expecting things to get worse) nor an optimist (expecting things to get ...

Optimism’s in the news. Why? Because research shows optimism always trumps pessimism in work, play, personal relationships (including parenting), health and general life satisfaction. Decades of ...