2. Will Smith He didn't have to learn optimism - Smith was no doubt a confident infant.
It is possible to learn optimism.
Preliminary data from focus groups and surveys suggest that awareness regarding genomic research and medicine are poor, and although there are a variety of misconceptions and barriers, there is a general sense of optimism and a desire to learn.
"There's no way we'd have ever believed we'd get to this point," says Brailsford. "But I think there are lessons to learn in optimism.
Those are heavy things to learn, but that type of optimism is critical now more than ever.
After the last crazy boom, he says, we need to learn that what he calls "blind optimism" often turns out to be counterproductive.
Wanting everyone to learn about rape is a sign of true optimism.
"We need to learn but I feel as a side we are doing that, and we go down to Wales full of optimism.
Chi-Tsung Kuo was a lithe young Adam, full of poignant doubt and optimism as he learned to move upright and was drawn to a mysterious nearby tree.
Maybe Americans prefer optimism to pessimism.
