Optimistic Person What does optimism mean? Basically‚ it means focusing on the positive aspects of life. I consider myself to be an optimist because I always hope and expect events and plans‚ and everything surrounding me to turn out well‚ and that I look with a smile‚ positive attitude on the future. I’m absolutely sure that being optimistic is a lot better than being pessimistic. In my opinion‚ pessimism is disastrous. It ruins hope and possibilities. If a person is pessimistic‚ he doesn’t
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Why optimists are less vulnerable to disease? How might optimism work to make people less vulnerable and pessimism to make people more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease? The possibilities divide into three large categories: 1. Optimists take action and have healthier lifestyles. Optimists believe that their actions matter‚ whereas pessimists believe they are helpless and nothing they do will matter. Optimists try‚ while pessimists lapse into passive helplessness. Optimists therefore act
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Mentoring - for change process Both individuals and organizations must grasp the essence of change and adapt to the process for survival in this rapidly changing environment .The people factor is critical for the success of any change management strategy‚ but most often ignored as a result of over emphasis on business needs which brings about a short term success. Human outlook to change is a concern‚ but it entails growth and new opportunities.The fear of unknown prevents individuals from adapting
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midst of enveloping darkness. His plume was perturbed by the gust of wind. The poet finds the ray of hope in the bird’s song. He hopes for the coming golden future. HARDY’S PESSIMISM Hardy’s thrush represents his pessimism in the midst of optimism or reversal. It seems that Hardy is stranded between optimism and
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control their behavior in different environments that change who they are‚ personally (Kay‚ Sullivan‚ & Landau‚ 2015). The reciprocal determinism (the person‚ environment‚ and the behavior) is conducted by the control of a person and the optimism. Bandura define optimism as the tendency to explain bad events as
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Voltaire Chapter 1: Candide lives in the castle of the baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh in Westphalia. Candide is the illegitimate son of the baron’s sister. His mother refused to marry his father because his father’s family tree could only be traced through “seventy-one quarterings.” The castle’s tutor‚ Pangloss‚ teaches “metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology” and believes that this world is the “best of all possible worlds.” Candide listens to Pangloss with great attention and faith. Miss
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is more insightful than Pangloss to foresee events that will happen. Even though Martin’s philosophy is more believable than Pangloss’s‚ he’s still not good at predicting how some people will behave because his philosophy is coming from extreme pessimism. Therefore it might not be wrong to say that Voltaire is trying to prove that we need flexible thought in our lives based on real evidence. Both philosophers will ultimately fail because there’s no room for exceptions in their beliefs. Candide
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through stages of optimism‚ jealousy‚ and pessimism within its three parts. While each part of the poem is different and has its own theme‚ it can be found that they tie together in the end. In the poem “Tomorrow”‚ we are taken through the stages of optimism for a better life‚ jealousy for those who already seem to have it‚ then pessimism for believing the future will bring anything new. Part one of O’Driscoll’s “Tomorrow”‚ labelled “I”‚ brings the reader visions of hope and optimism. The beginning
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such as a bad behavior makes the protagonist to leave from his or her current life’s setting. At the beginning of Candide‚ it tells that Candide was a son of the Baron’s sister. He was a perfect innocent man who worshiped Pangloss‚ a philosopher of Optimism. He listens to Pangloss’ philosophies attentively and believes innocently. These philosophies have caused Candide and Cundegonde to fall in love with each other. The baron finds out about the relationship and kicks Candide out of the castle. This
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essential factors to developing a brilliant poem. This essay will focus on imagery to Larkin’s poem‚ ‘The Trees’. On a general perspective of the poem‚ Larkin creates a great conception of optimism – a natural image of fresh leaves‚ springtime and a new life. However‚ we also see the downfall of this optimism as Larkin questions the meaning of life in the second stanza of the poem. With his smart employment of poetic utensils such as imagery‚ alliteration‚ repetition and enjambment‚ Larkin will escort
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