Benefits of Optimism
Health
The benefits of optimism are improved physical and mental health, longer life expectancy, better academic and athletic performance (Seligman, pp.96-97, 151-152), career success, easier time making and keeping friends, and more enjoyment out of life (p.186). Optimistic explanations energi....
Candide Voltaire
Ben Bell
Candide (1759) by Voltaire- in which Voltaire analyzes the concept of evil while depicting the woes heaped upon the world in the name of religion. The main character, Candide is an optimistic boy who has been taught by his mentor Pangloss that things cannot be otherwise than th....
Cerberus Corporation case Study
Susan is a first time project manager assigned with a responsibility of managing a project to change office furniture in a decentralized reporting structure where business units operate independently. Susan has come up with a project plan, and a project team where ergonomics was identified as the ....
Created In The Image of God
God has created each and every human being with the opportunity to be whoever they would like to be. It is what we do with our lives to make Him believe we intend to make Him proud of the creation He has made. The qualities of the ideal person are optimism, caring, generous, humorous, and understand....
Optimism
Optimism is the ability to see the silver lining in a dark cloud and having the ability to maintain a positive attitude in a negative environment. If freshmen college students learned optimism, then the stresses of receiving a bad grade wouldn't be devastating enough to make them want to quit schoo....
Optimism and Health
I chose two peer reviewed articles from the University Library as research material for this paper. The first is an article out of Khaleej Times published February 18, 2011 titled Optimism and Health. The second is an article from the Mayo Clinic published in 2009. Both articles discuss th....