So instead of commiserating with your co-workers, provide a positive example by plowing through your backlog of work and maintaining an optimistic attitude.

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Elsewhere, the analyst club has adopted the same optimistic attitude.

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That means if his recipe for longevity -- fresh fruit, daily exercise and "an optimistic attitude toward life" -- holds, he could celebrate his 100th birthday under the Capitol dome December 5, 2002.

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Just keep in mind that an optimistic or pessimistic attitude expressed in a survey does not necessarily equate with action.

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But the overall attitude, the two said, was optimistic.

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One positive thing that I do see and feel is the general attitude of the people, who are more optimistic that things will change for the better.

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The prevailing attitude at the Meetup, however, was optimistic.

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