Optimism

Don't Complain if You Don't Show Up...

Vivi Friedgut | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Vivi Friedgut

What we know for sure, what we know for certain, is that destiny is in our hands as never before. We know that if knowledge is power then economic knowledge must be economic power and we are certain that those who raise their knowledge will be at a distinct advantage. Those that don't grab it will only have themselves to blame.

It's Time to Wake Up and Smell the Optimism

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK
Mark Fletcher-Brown

As long as people (and the media) focus on doom and the possibility of doom, then people will read about it, talk about it and wait for it to happen.

Inspired By Olympics?

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle

There will be few people today who aren't going to miss the feel-good factor of the Games. If you weren't moved to tears by the achievements of med...

Can Being Optimistic Help You Live Longer?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Looking on the bright side of life not only boosts your mood – it could also help you live longer, claims a recent study. The study, conducted b...

Being Hyper Guggenheim

Laila Escartín-Sorjonen | Posted 21.03.2012 | Home
Laila Escartín-Sorjonen

Helsinki is split into two: the pro-Guggenheim league and the anti-Guggenheim one.

UK 2012 -Time To Change The Record

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 25.02.2012 | UK
Mark Fletcher-Brown

Hope is a delicate flower. For the young it can die quickly and the resulting despair can be very destructive. Once lost it may never return.

Want To Make Britain Happy? Appoint A Niggle Tsar

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 19.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Mark Fletcher-Brown

When John Lennon said that life was what happened when you were busy making other plans, he was being wildly optimistic. Life, all too often, seems to be governed by the day-to-day texture of niggles, anxieties and minor worries.

Feeling Good - That Could all Change in a Blink

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 30.12.2011 | UK
Mark Fletcher-Brown

Did the Euro crisis make you feel unhappy? What about the earthquake in Turkey? The Bristol murder case? The weather?

Time to Invest in the Optimists

Julian Dobson | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK Politics
Julian Dobson

If David Cameron really wants to build a more optimistic country, he needs to invest in the people with ideas that will create lasting change. He needs to invest in the optimists.

Study: Britain Is A Nation Of Optimistic Thinkers

Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 10.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle

Contrary to our reputation for moaning, four in five Brits are optimists, according to new research by the University College London. The study fo...

Let's Keep Optimism in its Box

Hillsage | Posted 03.10.2011 | UK
Hillsage

The first signs of it usually appear around March. There you are wondering around your local garden centre, or pootling up the aisle of the supermarke...

Study: Why A Positive Outlook Could Save Your Life

lifestyle.aol.co.uk | Posted 21.09.2011 | UK Lifestyle

If you'd loveResearch published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association showed that a positive outlook lowers the risk of people sufferin...