Something You Should Know
How and Why Optimism Works & Why a Little Defiance is a Good Thing
08 Jan 2025
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Today, on Something You Should Know, why are Dalmatians associated with firefighting, firehouses, and firefighters? Then, some interesting things you never knew about optimism.
People who are strongly optimistic tend to live longer, they tend to be healthier, they tend to be more successful. People who score high on pessimism, that associates quite strongly with depression, and depression is characterized, among other things, by an inability to see that there is any other way forward.
Also, the best ways to stay warm in the winter cold and a new way to look at defiance and the power it can give you.
The old definition to defy is to challenge the power of another person to resist boldly and openly. And my definition to defy is to act in accordance with your true values when there is pressure to do otherwise.
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