The Case for Optimism


	The Case for Optimism

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/857c3617-2666-4cd6-bc74-dad0934b55b4/2CE4510D-DDDB-4598-A8A7-6C85A54DDD89/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/" href="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/" style="font-size: 11px;">lifedev.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/"><P><STRONG>The Case for Optimism</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/"><P>Dr. Martin Seligman, the director  of the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, and  author of <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/1400078393?SubscriptionId=02E5W5871AJF7PMMMS82%26tag%" asin="1400078393" bluekey="" bluelink="yes">Learned Optimism</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink1" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/1400078393?SubscriptionId=02E5W5871AJF7PMMMS82%26tag%" smartlink="" />,  has studied optimists and pessimists for 25 years. His research has  found:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/"><EM>Optimists</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Less depression than pessimists</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Better results than pessimists in most areas of life</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Longer lifespan</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Healthier than pessimists</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Better than pessimists at work and in school</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">More friends and better social lives</LI>
</UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/"><EM>Pessimists</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2008/07/brighten-up-your-life-3-tips-from-thomas-edison-on-living-optimistically/"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">More depression than optimists</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Inertia rather than activity in the face of setbacks</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Feels bad subjectively–blue, down worried, anxious</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Poor physical health</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Self-fulfilling; pessimists don’t persist in the face of challenges and thus fail more frequently, even when success is attainable</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Even when pessimists turn out to be right, they still feel worse than deluded optimists</LI>
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