Measured optimism is always the right response of leadership, so Cameron was right.
C1 I.B.M. Results Disappoint I.B.M. reported solid quarterly profits, expressed measured optimism about the outlook for technology spending and announced plans to hire 10,000 employees, but Wall Street was disappointed by slow growth in I.B.M.'s core business.
And so it was reasonable for Blankfein, addressing a roomful of former Goldman stars, to project measured optimism and to summon up, as support for it, the firm's "people" and its "culture," which is widely admired, although nowhere quite as highly as at the firm itself.
The National Association of Retailers reported its pending home sales index fell 3.2% in July, and the news poked a hole into what had been measured optimism in housing-related stocks after the rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
That's why the watchwords for all of us should be caution, measured optimism and common sense, not adherence to anyone who professes to have all the answers.
The study measured optimism, innovativeness, discomfort, and insecurity using nine, seven, eight, and nine items, respectively, which were taken from Parasuraman's instrument [ 9], and these items were modified according to experts' suggestions.
The survey's expectations index, which measures optimism about the next one to five months, fell to 86.6 from 88.5 a month earlier.
This instrument measures optimism.
Fourth, this study includes only one item that measures optimism, that is, confidence in the future.
For instance, studies have included indicators measuring optimism, mastery and self-esteem, but often exclude finding meaning.
The Dutch Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), is a 10-item self-assessment scale for measuring optimism.
