Optimism’s in the news. Why? Because research shows optimism always trumps pessimism in work, play, personal relationships (including parenting), health and general life satisfaction. Decades of ...

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 ...

Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? It’s important to realize because as a leader, it can affect not just you and how you think, but also the culture you create and what the people you lead ...

If you're a pessimist, you can vault yourself into a worst-case scenario in a nanosecond and immediately forget how to be happy. Negativity may appear to be a great defense mechanism: If you keep your ...

Most of us still have gratitude for our country, pride in its history and confidence in its future.

This guest post was contributed by Jung Jang, a graduate student in the USC Psychology Department's Clinical Science program. I am a pessimist. By that, I mean I am thinking about how this ...

Although corporate sentiment evaluating the economy improved slightly due to year-end demand, pessimistic assessments still dominated. According to the Bank of Korea’s “December Corporate Business ...

No matter how bad a year has been, Filipinos can be expected to ooze with confidence and optimism for the new year.

Welcome to the triumphant return of the Hope-O-Meter, where we take the preseason temperature of every NHL fanbase and turn it into a nice little list. The methodology is simple as ever, and it will ...

Fans of Trae Young's Hawks and Nikola Jokić's Nuggets are feeling good entering the season. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Garrett Ellwood, Kevin Cox / Getty Images Welcome to the ...