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optimism
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optimism,
n attitude cultivated by an individual in which he or she believes in the positive resolution of a stressful event. In particular, persons with this mindset will use focused, externalized, and nonpersisting terms to describe his or her specific situation. Studies have shown that patients who are diagnosed with a chronic disease and adopt an optimistic attitude have improved health status.
optimism,
n the tendency to look on the bright or happy side of everything, to believe that there is good in everything.
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But they reported: "Persistent overoptimism and under-estimation of the technical challenge, combined with inappropriate commercial arrangements, led to burgeoning costs and serious delays.
MPs fire broadside at HMS Daring 'disgrace' Warship went over budget by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Edward Leigh, chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said: "There is a familiar ring about equipment procurement which begins with overoptimism about costs and timescales and ends with costs soaring, delays and ageing equipment having to be patched up.
WE ARE FAILING; Navy's new ships to be 2 yrs late, pounds 1.5bn extra ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Similarly, people do not change jobs very often (32) and therefore have limited opportunity to obtain feedback that counteracts their overoptimism.
Sticky expectations: responses to persistent over-optimism in ... by Williams, Sean Hannon / Notre Dame Law Review
 
 
 
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