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New research from Duke University sheds light on the connection between optimism and money matters and being able to make prudent, or wise, financial decisions.

While researching the topic, I found a few tips I would like to share so you can encourage your own children to develop optimism.

I like to think this is the best collection of quotes ever compiled. I'm an optimist. Here are some of the best quotes about optimism...

Optimism is difficult to preserve in any job search. And yet it is by far the most valuable personality trait you can harness when looking for a new job. So valuable is optimism that you really can't conduct and effective search without it. Here's why.

This survey study investigated the relationship between student-reported optimism and year in school. It was hypothesized that optimism would be negatively correlated with school year, though this was not supported by statistical tests.

One in a series of Open Letters to my son Kevin. Letters that are designed to pass along the opinions and views on issues deemed important by all fathers to their children

You can teach an old dog new tricks

An essay pointing out how optimism has kept the United States together

Relaxation, freshness, optimism, creativity and passion are elements of a healthy, romantic marriage. Find out how to maintain these ingredients within your relationship and your home just by adding 5 different colours to your marriage.

This piece was a personal statement about my own struggle to avoid sinking with the ship of clinical depression.

Do you think negative out of habit? Do you find yourself expecting something bad without any clear reason why? This is destructive because it takes over your life.

There appears to be a sense of optimism among some Americans - and fatalism in others - that Hillary Clinton is destined to become the next President of the United States; no matter what.

Putting the sun and the summer behind us, it's time to look at the upcoming NBA season. Where does every franchise stand? It's time to take in-depth looks at why every team has reasons for optimism heading into the '07-'08 season.

The 2007-08 NBA season is just around the corner and the Boston Celtics cannot wait to get underway. It seems the pride has returned to Celtics, and optimism is at an all time high around Boston.

Optimists not only live longer, they live a healthier life and make more money.

The pre-season might not mean a lot but it provides some clues.

The Cleveland Browns are brimming with optimism now that Brady Quinn is finally in camp. While Quinn is certainly due to take the reins, the Browns will be needing some quality targets for the youngster to throw to.

The Detroit Lions offer many reasons for optimism in 2007, but how the season will turn out is anyone's guess.

Scientists have blocked the HIV DNA gene from duplicating in chimpanzees. Can they now block it in humans?

On the surface you would think taking the step to renovate a historical landmark such as League Park in a depressed area of the city would be met with optimism and most importantly enthusiastically, but that hasn't been the case in Cleveland thus far.

The man is full of optimism, Rotel told himself; or mayby he hasn't hatched out of his ivory tower or rather ivory egg. He thought amused.

As Pope and Voltaire's correspondence progressed, Voltaire gained a greater admiration and adherence to Pope's beliefs and teachings. However, with Mme du Chatelet's death, Voltaire swiftly renounced his adherence and support of Pope and Leibnitz's fervent optimism.

I'm descending the staircase with quite an amount of optimism; I'm still quite optimistic. But the closer I get to that hideous little box my optimism fades away.

Every year, in the month of June, there is optimism abound. Another group of young men and women graduate from High School. It is always discussed-how their future is the future of the country. Perhaps, we should be scared rather than optimistic.

Adorned in shocking pink hair and an amazingly positive attitude to life and all the world's woes, John Styn and his gray haired 94 year old grandfather Caleb Shikles, began a crusade to pass love across the internet with their HugNation website.

In theory, positive reinforcement should follow children through life (or at least while they're growing up). It doesn't always work out that way.

You may find your heart gently lifted from your chest and laid to rest in an ethereal bed of loving, loss, loneliness, and even grim optimism thanks to Buckley's intoxicating lyrics and seraphim's voice.

This article will examine a few, key aspects of middle adulthood. In particular, it will examine pessimism, optimism, and self-esteem from biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial perspectives.

By starting early, parents can help children develop some resiliency and skills for turning negativity into more positive thoughts and optimism.

In life there are optimist and pessimist. What do you see?

When the Chicago Bears ended their 2006 season as Super Bowl losers, there was, to say the least, a degree of optimism heading into next year.

search to find the truth and yet accept an answer not yet present, but will someday approach itself. Optimism prevails, yet barriers still exist.

The 2007 Chicago Cubs Convention is full of optimism and cliched promises that "next year is here" -- and there just might be something to it this time.

I'm an optimistic person. I look for the best in people. But why don't I feel a sense of optimism about the new year--2007?

People with a pessimistic attitude often suffer from feeling out of balance, that they aren’t in control of things around them.

When a whole lot of things are not going your way, it can be quite difficult to find a bit of optimism, seemingly impossible, in fact.

Some of the most important traits for effective leaders include integrity, optimism, dedication and tenacity.

Voltaire's Candide was a story that presented the harsh realities of a world filled with evil, selfishness, intolerance, and superstition. Through his novel he attacks the philosophy of optimism which asserts that all is well, when all is not.

An author may use this notion of optimism against pessimism to teach a moral lesson or to show a transformation of a character whether it be from an optimistic perspective to a pessimistic one or vice versa.

Gold is attractive hedge in troubled global conditions. Gold greatly under valued according to historical standards.

This essay deals with the invasion of Parthia by the emperor Trajan - the contemporary reference to the U.S. invasion of Iraq should be obvioius and is stressed at the end of the work.

Trends come and go in the world of parenting and child rearing. A particularly nasty trend is chid dating. Some theories and strong opinions as to why parents allow and even encourage this behavior along with the effects on society.

Hollywood with its endless celebrity parties and glamour events is irresistable lure for party crashers who want to get close to the stars and live like kings.

Given the dispute over how best to proceed with defending one's civil rights, perhaps it is more important that you do so at all, rather than fight with others over how that is done.

The city of Atlanta has new incentive programs they plan to implement and have proposed a $100 million dollar fund to finance Urban Development in an effort to further promote economic growth.

My husband and I left Manhattan last year in hope of finding more space, cheaper rents and cultural diversity in Brooklyn. Education decisions seem to be in our not too distant future. We found a group of dedicated parents launching a Waldorf School.

To many of those who understand the diamond market best, diamonds carry other underlying images: images of warfare, political strife, and human suffering. Currently, there is much debate over how to best control these �conflict diamonds.'

Reductions in workforce have become commonplace in our culture. But no matter how many tales we hear of layoffs, reorganizations, mergers, and downsizing, we are never fully shielded from the impact of an ax swinging in our direction...