All of the sudden, people need positive reinforcement for writing a blog post or developing a podcast.

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He said he had gone to some lengths to stress the positive aspects of the plan - writing articles for newspapers, letters to local newspapers, webchats and meetings with voluntary groups and Jobcentre teams.

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After starting his career in the late 1940s as a cookware salesman, the elder Ziglar rocketed to fame by writing and speaking on the power of positive thinking.

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"I'm not optimistic about our economic future as a country, but as far as me and my journey to find happiness, and accomplish some of these goals that I've had -- weight loss and following my writing passion -- absolutely, I'm still really positive about it, " she said.

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Over the last two weeks they received renewed institutional support, and at the time of this writing, most are at or near 52-week highs, which is a positive sign for the bulls.

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