For the most part, the world is made up of optimists and pessimists—and sprinkled with a healthy dose of realists in between. In general, optimists expect good things to happen, and pessimists expect ...

The best way to know if someone did a great job raising optimistic kids is to observe how they engage as adults. If you're a pessimist, you can vault yourself into a worst-case scenario in a ...

Frank always looks for the silver lining. For example, the other day we were playing golf. I hit the first ball straight down the fairway. "Well, that's a little unusual," I thought to myself. Frank ...

A lot of us are fickle friends to our optimism. It's easy to relish the brighter side of things when everything is going your way. But on those other days — your car broke down, your kid is sick ...

Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? If you rewind to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are you experienced some level of pessimism. And who could blame you? With social ...

Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? If you rewind to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are you experienced some level of pessimism. And who could blame you? With social ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz Kislik covers leadership, team dynamics and success at work. The optimist’s general stance, says Paul-Choudhury, is: “We can ...