My 20 Favorite Optimistic Quotes 1. Reflect upon your present blessings‚ of which every man has many. Not on your past misfortunes‚ of which all men have some. – Charles Dickens 2. I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. – Oscar Wilde 3. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson 4. The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 5. In the middle of difficulty lies
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Home "The physician treats‚ but nature heals." Hippocrates THE HOLISTIC APPROACH By definition‚ the word "holistic" means: "relating to or concerned with wholes or complete systems rather than with the analysis of‚ treatment of‚ or dissection into parts -- medicine which attempts to treat both the mind and the body." As such‚ true holistic therapies must include more than just a set of symptoms to be addressed. They must consider the
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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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The ending of Candide brings forth a serious debate amongst the novel’s readers of whether the ending is optimistic or pessimistic. There is no definitive answer because it is relative to the individual view on what situational opportunities are available to Candide and his companions on their farm in Turkey. By contrasting Voltaire’s work with itself using the El Dorado paradox from earlier in the novel‚ an important understanding of what a utopian society could look like and how Candide’s farm
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ended our dream‚ but in the end it all worked out and it was worth the risk. 3-17 (use QM) ( a) What type of decision is Ken facing? Ken is facing a decision under uncertainty. ( b) What decision criterion should he use? Since Ken is an optimistic decision maker‚ the maximax decision making criterion should be used to chose his equipment. ( c) What alternative is best? Sub 100‚ which is listed in the first row of the table has a profit of 300‚000 which is the highest increase in profit
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to obtain an ultimate goal. We can apply this idea from a human development standpoint by thinking about how we grow and develop as individuals‚ how that process takes place‚ and what influences our development‚ with the ultimate goal of living our life: to fly. These questions of how‚ why and what affects us as we grow and develop are large and looming; seemingly shadowed in mystery by permutations of variables that affect the development of an individual. Isn’t every individual‚ in fact‚ unique
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THE LEADER WITH VISION: THE OPTIMISTIC LEADER INTRODUCTION This paper shall be discussed in four parts as follows: • Articulating Your Vision • Living Your Vision • Influence Others With Positive Attitude • Conclusion A leader is someone who guides others. One who assumes t he position of responsibility over the conduct of others that he is leading. Vision on the other hand is “a picture formed in the mind; something conjured up in the imagination without being related to facts.”
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and green. And hope for the education of our future generations- those who will be running this powerhouse into the indefinite future and continuing our uphill battle to excellence. With so much in store for the United States of America‚ I am so optimistic about our nation’s future. The movement to obtain rights of marriage for same-sex couples in the United States began in the 1970s‚ and has undoubtedly prospered since. Barack Obama became the first serving U.S. President to publicly announce support
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The life-span development approach addresses the basic nature versus nurture debate by allowing for both. Just as our physicals selves are determined by both genetics and lifestyle‚ so are our emotional selves. As a Licensed Professional Counselor‚ I plan to consider life-span development to specialize in counseling a specific type of person with hopes of becoming well-versed‚ and therefore more helpful‚ in the types of experiences that group faces. "Personality can be better understood if it is
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Stress Management A Life Skills Approach The phenomenon of “Stress” has been studied from the purview of stress as a ‘cause’ as a ‘consequence’ and as an ‘experience.’ Irrespective of the approach adopted‚ the fact that some amount of stress results in increased productivity‚ but excessive stress leads to self destruction (inverted ‘U’ concept of stress) raises many issues about managing stress effectively. This paper attempts to focus on Stress Management from the Life Skills Education perspective
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