And council chiefs report two pluses: lower inflation has made it easier to negotiate contracts, and the quality of job applicants has soared as bright people flee the private sector.The crisis may also force more realistic thinking about pensions.
But what? "You know, everyone wants to have an exotic sports car, but then I became more realistic, thinking, 'Well, what would be more practical in the world today?'" he said Saturday, standing near his creation on display at the 2013 Washington Auto Show.
I think through education, through more holistic, realistic thinking, I have confidence that through education, through awareness, I think we can develop a sense of oneness of humanity.
Indeed, a more realistic equation when thinking about the future of seafood is "no fish equal no fishermen".
Robert Seaberg, managing director of planning services at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, advocates that people be a bit more realistic in their thinking about investments.
Building partially on the research of University of Kansas psychologist C. R. Snyder, it's an approach to life that's more realistic than positive thinking, yet more positive than pessimism.
It is time for the British government to reveal more realistic strategic and tactical thinking – they have to set a more realistic aim, methodology and timetable for the Afghan mission, before time, resources and the troops' patience run out.
A more complex form of realistic thinking underlies the ability to identify or use a class of items, as in selecting several different kinds of triangle from an array of other geometric figures.
An arch-populist in word and deed, Matsakis's comments are actually a far more realistic reflection of Cypriot thinking than many of the established political leaders would like to admit.
Perhaps it will result in the increased self-esteem that comes from appreciating a well-considered life and all the rewards associated with it, or perhaps it will open your mind to a more realistic and grounded way of thinking about yourself and the world, or perhaps it will surprise you and facilitate new perspectives and great changes in your life.
The supersurvivors we interviewed told us about a much more realistic, yet still forward-looking kind of thinking, than simplistic positive thinking.
