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Oct27
Wired for Optimism - New study

Recent research studies show how pessimism prevents people from taking actions that improve their future. Have you seen it?

For some time now … we’ve been told by brain specialists to run from negativity – because it’s a cortisol trigger for more of the same whenever you fall prey.
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Mounting research warns against negativity that adds to stress … shrinks the human brain … and takes down tone.  But what about its opposite?

Optimism’s effects on the brain … have perhaps been a bit less well known scientifically … but that’s fast changing. 

A person’s hope and confidence about the future … literally light up part of the mid-brain … according to Dr. Elizabeth Phelps of New York University and Dr. Tali Sharot of University College London.

Interestingly, the research suggests how human brains can generate optimism. 

Could this finding help your firm reboot from depressed outlooks … into more buoyant positions for the coming week?


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Martin Seligman's Learned Optimism would be a good book resource.

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