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Tag Archives: optimism
Competing Visions
Ever since I was a little kid, there have been two visions of the world competing within me. Whichever one shapes my perceptions depends on how I feel at any given moment. I’ll describe them both in detail, starting with … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Competing Visions, Disney, hope, hopelessness, negativity, optimism, perceptions, pessimism, positivity, visions
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Two Perspectives
My blog posts are usually positive since I’m generally in a good mood when I write them. Occasionally, however, I go through a season in which I feel extremely negative, anxious, sad, or angry. When that happens, my perspective shifts … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things
Tagged negativity, optimism, perspectives, pessimism, positivity, Two Perspectives
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A Neat Framing Trick
I’ve learned a lot of great life hacks from How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams. One of them, a framing trick, involves focusing on positive things to do instead of negative things to … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Neat Framing Trick, communication, framing, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, optimism, positivity, Scott Adams
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The Source of My Optimism
Until the past few months, I had never thought much about how I developed the strong sense of optimism that I’ve had from a young age. Now that I’ve thought about it for a bit, I think I have an … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged books, Disney, emotions, movies, optimism, TV shows
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Optimism
I’m generally optimistic. While I’ve had plenty of moments of pessimism and negativity in my life, overall I’ve maintained a mindset that things will get better and work out in the end. I don’t know why that’s largely been my … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement
Tagged future, good times, negativity, optimism, pessimism, positivity, rough times
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Review of The Fourth Turning
If you have just a few pieces of a puzzle with tens of thousands of pieces and no reference picture, you won’t know what you’re looking at or how the pieces all fit together. As you gain more pieces, gradually … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books
Tagged Awakening, Crisis, cyclical time, generational theory, High, linear time, Neil Howe, optimism, saeculum, The Fourth Turning, turning, Unraveling, William Strauss
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