Do you know someone who is a delight to be around? You know what I mean. Someone who can brighten a room just by entering it.

Early in my career, I had an a-ha moment that made me feel silly in retrospect, and smarter from then on. I realized that I had been using the words “skepticism” and “pessimism” interchangeably—and ...

“Hope is the most evil of evils because it prolongs man's torment.” –Friedrich Nietzsche I have always been fascinated and attracted by optimism. On this blog, I have written quite a bit about how ...

When it comes to how you view the world and your everyday experiences, you probably fall into one of two categories: optimist or pessimist. For people with pessimistic tendencies, or a 'glass ...