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Optimism and pessimism are examples of personality filters that shape perception, but Jiang argues they are not adequately explained by simple parental inheritance or genetics.
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Optimism
Franklin’s autobiography becomes the seed of an American self-help tradition: the belief that one can and must improve status through method, hard work, and discipline.
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Franklin’s autobiography becomes the seed of an American self-help tradition: the belief that one can and must improve status through method, hard work, and discipline.
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"Okay? So you might get a 50 on a test. Some of you will be really sad, but some of you will be like..."
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"I know this because all three of my kids are different from both my wife and myself. Okay? So the question is, where does..."
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"And so, we're going to study his autobiography in order to get insight into the mentality of the average American at this stage in..."
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"Okay? So, the Americans really started this self -help fad. All right, so let's read certain passages from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to..."
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"...does, you'll become rich as well. So this is the American optimism. This is the American dream. All right. So he continues. He's talking..."
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"...how to read and write. But again, this shows us the optimism of the American character. That through just pure hard work and tenacity..."
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"...do about it. Let me, what give, does anything give you optimism? And, and what off ramps are there? Do you see for these..."
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"...booms, like the one in the 1920s, produce a collective delusion. Optimism becomes a drug or a religion or some combination of both. People..."
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"...piece of writing because it really shows you his thinking his optimism his idealism. Okay? So let's read it together. Supposing that we had..."
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"...He was born poor, but through hard work, through tenacity, through optimism, he was able to become a merchant, a very wealthy merchant, and..."
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"...become very wealthy very fast through the hard work, simplicity, and optimism of the people, but as you can see from this map, they..."
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A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
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America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
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