October 27, 2010
Pop Quiz: Can you spot two facial expressions in this picture?
I read an article today by Holly Gilbert on the CNN Money Blog titled ‘Women are more optimistic than men about finances.’ Once again, I feel this research is subjective but :
A telephone survey carried out by Citigroup shows that 56% of women believe that business conditions will improve next year compared to 50% of men.
66% of women were hopeful that their own personal financial situations would improve, compared with 62% of men.
Lisa Caputo, CEO of Citibank’s Women & Co. business, believes that the optimism is borne out of measures [...]
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February 5, 2010
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This post was inspired by reading Professor Martin Seligman’s book ‘Learned Optimism’ and watching a clip of a ‘celebrity’ (gosh I don’t like that word lol!!!) being interviewed. It came to a segment during the interview, where he/she stated, if people don’t like me, WHAT DO I DO?
That stuck like glue!!! Let’s look at the facts, ‘YOU CAN’T BE LIKED BY EVERYONE’ and you certainly don’t like everyone (that may be controversial), so the sooner you understand this principle, the happier you would be.
No matter how hard you try to impress certain people, they can’t/won’t like you. It could [...]
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