Comments on: Postive outlook delivers success.

By: Gauri Maini

Gauri Maini — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:17:21 +0000

Martin E. P. Seligman writes about optimism and its linkages with success (also with combating terminal diseases) in Learned Optimism. It also has a quick test that you can use to assess your "hope" factor. Optimism and success are definitely linked

By: David

David — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:02:33 +0000

Here is a reference to the study by Dacher Keltner and LeeAnne Harker

http://www.mindpub.com/art458.htm

And here is something for fun (Here is the challenge to better 17 out of 20)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml

By: Alice Henderson

Alice Henderson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:31:24 +0000

Thanks, I enjoyed reading your blog.

Another great luck quote – “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the luckier I get” Thomas Jefferson

So true.