“So…what are you looking for?” The saleswoman says to me. All of a sudden‚ I see this cute shirt in the corner of my eye. Before I could even tell her what I wanted to try on‚ she looked at me straight in the eye and said‚ “I don’t think you can fit in our clothing…” I looked at her straight in the eye‚ just so she can see my disappointment and hurt. Do you want to know what I said? Okay. Yeah‚ that’s what I said. I bet that put her in her place. “So…how do you expect to fit into a prom dress
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Nicolas Guarisco February 26‚ 2013 Dr. Akers English 1020 Optimism “Social science suggest that we are more optimistic than realistic” (Sharot Pg 41). Optimism bias is defined as the future being better than the past are present. In “The Optimism Bias‚” an article published by TIME magazine‚ Tali Sharot explores the world of optimism. Problems tend to surround us no matter where we are. It doesn’t matter where we are from‚ problems like war‚ economy‚ and personal problems are un-escapable.
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Optimism and Health Melanie Chapman PSY/220 April 7‚ 2013 Kathleen Sturgess Optimism and Health In this paper we will be discussing the effects of optimism on both physical and psychological health. We will be gathering our facts from two peer reviewed articles that I researched in the University Library. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ optimism is defined as an inclination to anticipate the best possible outcome. In recent times‚ the theory that optimism can potentially turn your world
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available to everyone‚ spreading the thoughts of optimism and the Enlightenment further. Diderot was important‚ but so was Rousseau. Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed in a government with little or no laws. He thought that when people had no laws that they knew right from wrong and were happier that way. Rousseau said this in his book‚ “Discourse on the origins of the Inequality of Mankind”. His want for everyone to be happy was a sign of his optimism. Voltaire‚ Diderot‚ and Rousseau brought a multitude
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half full and contain enough soda to finish their meals. Looking on the positive side‚ Sarah is showing an example of optimism. Optimists believe they are responsible for their own happiness and believe that a negative event occurs rarely. Also‚ anytime something bad does happen‚ optimists think it is not their own fault‚ rather than something out of their control. Furthermore‚ optimism
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Blind Optimism‚ Thick Skin‚ And A Cell Phone By Melanie Warner August 13‚ 2001 (FORTUNE Magazine) – Sudha Shah is at the peak of her game. As one of the top sales reps for a big software company‚ she’s won the respect (and perhaps envy) of her co-workers‚ and she has earned a bucket of money in commissions. Last year Sudha blasted through her sales quota by more than 400%‚ bringing around $40 million in revenue to SAP‚ the German business-software maker--more money than all but one of her 300 sales
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Once upon a time‚ a little child named Knil was walking through the forest looking for his sword. As he was searching‚ he said to himself‚ "I think I will retrace my steps to find my sword." So Knil set off to his tree house in the Irikok Forest. Once he got there‚ he said‚ "Ok‚ now all I have to do is start from the beginning of the day." Knil started off by getting up from his bed and going to his bathroom to where he washed up. No sword. Next‚ he went to his friend Airas’s house and asked
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once voiced “I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind‚ furious optimism.” Any kind of success in this life is unattainable without optimism. Optimism should‚ without a doubt‚ be a priority. Optimism is the only thing that kept our students learning‚ our doctors healing‚ and our troops fighting‚ all these in hopes of a better future. Optimism is another word for faith. Optimism is just faith that things will get better no matter how bad the circumstances are. We are supposed
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how complex they were or they will be. And‚ very natural‚ it is the optimism that leads us from victory to victory‚ like Churchill had said; make us see the light‚ even the slightest‚ in the darkness. We always see the just how optimism has assisted we human‚ in term of both literature‚ in the novel Robinson Crusoe‚ and the history of medical science. Sometimes‚ being optimistic is the best thing people can do‚ which is shown clearly in Robinson Crusoe. The protagonist‚ Robinson‚ is lost on an
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Helen Keller once said‚ “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Anne Frank and the other members of the annex lived by Helen’s words. They were all forced to go into hiding because of the Holocaust. But‚ everyone tried to be as optimistic as possible throughout the time they spent in hiding.They spent two long years in the “Secret Annex”. In Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s play Anne Frank‚ it is shown that optimism helps give people confidence
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