Upbeat and optimistic employees create a working environment that is unique, spawns new ideas and, just as important is enjoyable for the other people involved.

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They were looking for something upbeat and optimistic.

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He communicated well at the emotional level with a tone that was optimistic and upbeat.

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Though energetic, In Chains is far from being entirely optimistic or upbeat.

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Yet the mood is anything but optimistic and upbeat.

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But while Texas Gov. George W. Bush promises to run a different kind of campaign, based on an optimistic, upbeat message and devoid of unfair, negative attacks, I don't get the sense that he's really talking unilateral campaign disarmament.

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"On the traffic and revenue side, we remain fairly optimistic, " said an upbeat Cheong, an amateur actor and former mathematics professor who was named managing director of SIA in 1984.

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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.

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