And challenge yourself: Take a closer look at things that originally triggered disappointment, or any other negative feeling, and try find something good in them.

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"It's really hard to find people or leaders that stand for something good and stay firm, " he said of the restaurant chain.

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"I find it bizarre we would find ourselves being sued for doing something that's good for shareholders, " Mr. Cook said.

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"I find it bizarre we find ourselves being sued for doing something that's good for shareholders, " Mr. Cook said onstage at the conference in San Francisco.

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Up in the leaves, you'll find something unique and exceptional -- surely the reward of any good journey.

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For example, claiming publicly that something is unhackable is usually a good way to find out that it is.

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That was good enough to clinch eighth place in the East, but the Islanders will likely have to find something extra in a hurry to make this series a long one.

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John Sununu was as good a senator as a libertarian is likely to find outside of the energy belt but he lost on something else.

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"We don't think it's a good idea for parents to spy on their kids surreptitiously, because eventually they're going to find something they have to confront them about, and it's going to destroy the other lines of communication, " Justin Patchin, a criminal justice professor and co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, told CNN in 2010.

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