Key points Past research has demonstrated that optimism can benefit happiness, relationships, and health. But defensive pessimism—setting low expectations and considering worst-case scenarios—can help ...

Having a pessimistic feeling regarding a specific matter is understandable, especially when there is good reason to doubt predicted outcomes. Depending on the situation, it can be helpful to consider ...

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 ...

One of the bright sides of pessimism is that in the face of uncertainty, the pessimist is either right or pleasantly surprised. However, there’s evidence that pessimism is actually the better choice ...

Feeling gloomy about the future? You’re not alone. New data shows economic pessimism is growing in Australia, and the ...

Believe it or not, we have played five weeks of the regular season, and already we’ve seen enough to identify reasons for optimism and pessimism for all 30 teams. Is the glass half-empty? Half-full?

Happy Opening Day! To get you ready for the start of another season, let’s go team by team and identify reasons for optimism and pessimism. Play ball! Reason for optimism: The Braves’ position-player ...

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. For myself I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else. — Sir ...

Optimism is among the most celebrated human qualities. Many studies have shown that optimists tend to fare better in life than their pessimistic friends—at least when it comes to physical and mental ...

During his time in a Nazi prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote to his friend Eberhard Bethge that he was neither a pessimist (expecting things to get worse) nor an optimist (expecting things to get ...