In general, optimists did turn out to be perceived by their peers as more charismatic, but that accounted for only a fraction — approximately one-third at most — of the optimists' greater success in the labor market.
In general, optimists did turn out to be perceived by their peers as more charismatic, but that accounted for only a fraction approximately one-third at most of the optimists' greater success in the labor market.
I'm an optimist in general but a pessimist when it comes to nations' shifting pursuit of their interests.
He's a big teddy bear kind of guy who epitomizes the Cubs fan that he is: an optimist in general, a realist when he must be, and someone who can live happily in the place called Denial.
Optimists in general work longer hours and tend to earn more.
Reports that the big party machines have the contests sewn-up leave little hope for much-vaunted independent candidates, and add to the general gloom.Of course, say optimists, only a handful of decent candidates need to win this time to show what the new roles can achieve.
Harris, California's two-term attorney general, said she's an "optimist" that a bipartisan accord can be reached to fix the nation's dysfunctional immigration system, adding that, despite the rhetoric from Trump, most Republicans realize it cannot be ignored.
Scheier and Carver [ 20] suggest that the general positive expectations associated with optimists lead to persistence and striving toward goals in the face of adversity.
At the next general election, we must be the optimists, the party with a positive, patriotic mission for our country.
On this crucial question there are four general schools of opinion: rational-actor optimists, rational-actor pessimists, stage theorists, and cultural pluralists.
