Nor, however wildly consultants draw their optimistic take-up curves, is the Internet going to be universal for the foreseeable future.
In fact, there are now several techniques based on solid scientific evidence that allow us to begin the journey from pessimism to a more optimistic take on life.
While the flood of supply into the market will overhang the stock for a while here, this also represents a major milestone for the stock that should lead to a little more optimistic take from the Street.
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While we need both aspects of our emotional mind -- rainy and sunny -- to live life to the full, there is abundant evidence that an optimistic take on the world, especially when linked with realism, is associated with better health, more success and a deeper sense of well-being.
Amazon's estimate of "a few seconds" is a bit optimistic, but it did take less than a minute before a PDF we sent ourselves popped up on our homepage.
They are doing their level best to do the best for their students and they are bound, given the pressures they are under, to take the most optimistic view.
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All this has some analysts questioning whether the technology will ever get off the ground, and even optimistic types admit it could take years for mobile broadcast television to become mainstream.
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For those who take OPEC's optimistic view of Iraqi production at face value, the cartel's move should not have come as a surprise.
Other economists expect the country will fall to that level before then, but even optimistic forecasts say it will likely take two years.
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Homebuilders, such as Pulte, have stated that they are optimistic that the cycle is just beginning to take off.
While the warnings to not grow too optimistic about U.S. housing are worth heeding, observers can take some comfort from the chart below.
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Bernstein Research estimates that these unsold houses will take four to five years to clear, and even that may be too optimistic given high unemployment, the threat of a sovereign-debt crisis and fewer immigrants.
The professors also found that the CEOs, besides being optimistic about life in general, were upbeat about the prospects of their businesses and were more willing to take risks than members of the general population.
When the tax take fell, he kept on assuming the fall was temporary, so his forecasts were over-optimistic.
Joe Weisenthal at Business Insider raises the possibility that Bernanke is being strategic here: even if he is more optimistic than he makes out in the speech, he still wants to signal that the Fed is not about to take its foot off the gas.
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