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An excellent programme on BBC Radio 4 looked at the whole optimism thing:
Optimism - Our Enemy
Optimism is trumpeted in books, from the walls of yoga studios, the podiums of leadership conferences and in political life, especially in the United States. The optimistic cast of mind is key, apparently, to marital success, health and progress at work.
Pessimism
is stigmatised. But if we could only dump our current and historical
imperative to look on the bright side of life, Bryan argues, we'd all be
a lot happier.
We weren't always so positive.
Bryan points to post-war Britain, when we embraced a pessimism, a
philosophy of endurance and amiably black humour. This was reflected in
our cinema which, contrary to many Hollywood movies, embarked on a dark
celebration of the fragilities exposed by the war, with films such as
Brief Encounter.
We hear from the philosophers
Roger Scruton and John Gray on the pleasures of pessimism. Writer
Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of the American positive thinking
industry from Norman Vincent Peale's sermons to multimillion-selling
books such as Dale Carnegie's How To Win Friends and Influence People
and Rhonda Byrne's The Secret. Psychologist Tali Sharot explains how
optimism and pessimism drive our economy and Dragons' Den's Deborah
Meaden reveals the dangers of blind optimism in business.
Bryan,
a committed pessimist, also considers how learning to be more
optimistic could enhance his life. He meets sales, marketing and
personal growth strategist Bruce King for a class in positive thinking.
With archive including Noel Coward, Tony Blair, Peter Cook and Frank Muir.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0765dy0
A very disturbing movie with a non-Hollywood ending:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeping_Tom_(film)
There is an alternative ending to Fatal Attractive:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Attraction#Alternate_ending
There are books:
The Power of Positive Thinking:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale
How to Win Friends and Influence People:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie
Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_%28book%29
http://www.thesecret.tv/
And there are alternative books:
Daniel Kahneman talks about a "pervasive optimistic bias"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow#Optimism_and_loss_aversion
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/16/daniel-kahneman-thinking-fast-and-slow-tributes
Tali Sharot at UCL:
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tali_sharot
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/01/tali-sharot-the-optimism-bias-extract
Ilona Boniwell is a little more balanced - perhaps:
http://positivepsychology.org.uk/pp-directory/people/44-ilona-boniwell.html
http://www.thepositiveencourager.global/ilona-boniwell-happiness-resilience-positive-psychology/
There are motivational speakers:
Anthony Robins: Unleash the Power weekends:
https://www.tonyrobbins.com/events/unleash-the-power-within/
Bruce King:
http://www.bruceking.co.uk/sales-motivational-speaker/
George W Bush: cheerleader:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/georgewbush/ig/100-Bush-Pictures/Bush-College-Cheerleader.htm
The conclusion:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_capability
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In these days, it is very essential to stay optimistic. And also, it is skill to be developed that helps one grow and not stop in one place. We need to practice soft skills as a means to keep ourselves positive and merry.
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