Category: Optimism
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Optimism and Its Relationship with Subjective Well-Being
Optimism can be viewed as an attitude or mood that is associated with an individuals expectation about the social or material future. It has been theorized and assessed in many ways, linking it to positive aspects of an individuals life such as mood, morale, health, academia and occupational success. There is no single optimism as…
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Optimism: Main Approaches and Disadvantages
Optimism can be defined as a mental attitude in which one hopes or believes that the outcome of a specific situation will be positive and desirable. If someone is optimistic, they tend to expect the best possible outcome from any situation. On the other hand, pessimism is the tendency to believe that the worst is…
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Power of Optimism: Persuasive Speech
We, unfortunately, live in a world where devastating issues affect the lives of others on a daily basis. Those issues include world hunger, poverty, crime, unemployment, inequality, violence, and diseases. Some countries or areas are affected more by these issues than others. Mexico, for instance, has a poverty rate of 42% while American has one…