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Variation in optimism between people is somewhat heritable [4] and reflects biological trait systems to some degree. [ clarification needed ] [ 5 ] A person's optimism is also influenced by environmental factors , including family environment, [ 4 ] and may be learnable.
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Dutch: De Meeste Mensen Deugen: Een Nieuwe Geschiedenis van de Mens) is a 2019 non-fiction book by Dutch historian Rutger Bregman. It was published by Bloomsbury in May 2021. [4] It argues that people are decent at heart and proposes a new worldview based on the corollaries of this optimistic view of human beings.
People who practice radical optimism don’t believe life is all butterflies, rainbows, and free coffee. They acknowledge and process the bad times to get on with the good times.
After he began at the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared on 11 December 1898. He became a naturalized citizen in 1902. For 40 years, Guest was widely read throughout North America, and his sentimental, optimistic poems were in the same vein as the light verse of Nick Kenny, who wrote syndicated columns during the same decades.
Some people are born more optimistic but it can definitely be learned, too, said Sue Varma, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at New York University and author of “Practical Optimism ...
Here's the history of the term, its benefits, and how to try it. ... This is likely because optimistic people tend to have better coping skills when dealing with major stressors and setbacks, says ...
Pervasiveness: Optimistic people compartmentalize helplessness, whereas pessimistic people assume that failure in one area of life means failure in life as a whole. Optimistic people also allow good events to brighten every area of their lives rather than just the particular area in which the event occurred.
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American white nationalist author Michael H. Hart. Published by his father's publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.