Sounds farfetched, but so did your optimism about Latin America sound farfetched five years ago.

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Grant's unspoken corollary is: Herald your optimism and you risk looking like a space cadet.

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Can you explain a little bit about what's driving your optimism on GDP?

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But to a young American boy, Australia and its people -- your optimism, your easy-going ways, your irreverent sense of humor -- all felt so familiar.

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Thanks to all parties for your optimism and long-haul efforts!

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On what do you base your optimism?

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To better understand your temperament, read Mindset by Carol Dweck and Learned Optimism by Marty Seligman.

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But during these gloomy days, a pinch of optimism might be the best medicine, both for your spirit and for your 2008 returns.

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But you and your clients will be best served if you can frame this optimism and explain it in such a way that it makes clients feel better and helps them feel more comfortable about their own financial futures.

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So maybe a moment of optimism when you were in London on, on Monday but today your feeling is one of despair?

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