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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There are valid reasons to feel pessimistic in today's workplace, given the deep divide between employers and employees, but studies show that optimism helps you get unstuck and move forward with your ...

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 ...

The AAII Sentiment Survey has been conducted weekly since July 1987. The survey and its results are available online. If you want to become an effective manager of your own assets and achieve your ...

This guest post was contributed by Jung Jang, a graduate student in the USC Psychology Department's Clinical Science program. I am a pessimist. By that, I mean I am thinking about how this ...