A mournful history with a positive look ahead, Robert H. Lieberman's documentary "Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia" tells the tale of a country going through what amounts to an extended post-traumatic stress disorder.
In Arabic we say لا تفكر في المفقود حتى لا تفقد الموجودwhich means, there is no point really thinking about things that have gone wrong or you lost them, it's better to focus on the future, opportunities and have a positive energy looking ahead rather than looking backwards.
In Turkish - Üzülme, incir çekirdeğini bile doldurmaz – which means it is as small as a seed from a fig. In Arabic - لا تفكر في المفقود حتى لا تفقد الموجودwhich means, there is no point really thinking about things that have gone wrong or you lost them, it's better to focus on the future, opportunities and have a positive energy looking ahead rather than looking backwards.
Since the majority of mutations are deleterious, the negative look-ahead effect is probably more common than the positive look-ahead effect on which we focused here.
He said Robinson's emphasis on being positive -- on even looking ahead beyond the first round -- had bolstered the team's confidence.
"Over all, the tone has been positive, but investors are looking ahead to the next 6 to 12 months and concerned there's going to be a deceleration in earnings growth relative to last year".
(See "Apple Gets Accounting Bonus").. Despite the overall positive report, investors are looking ahead as CEO Steve Jobs has promised to release a new Apple device on Wednesday, likely a multimedia tablet-style computer marvel that could threaten Amazon's Kindle e-reader, though the company offered no clues.
Despite the overall positive report, investors are looking ahead as CEO Steve Jobs promised to release a new Apple device on Wednesday, likely a multimedia tablet-style computer marvel that could threaten Amazon's Kindle reader, though the company offered no clues.
Hastings pushes on the how we do it - looking ahead in a positive manner while at the same time being completely realistic about the current situation.
Why not be positive and look ahead?
