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The Optimist's Guide to 2011

Things tend to get better over time. That's just the way it works. Life expectancy, real income, technology, medicine, transportation, communication ... these things tend to rise relentlessly higher for the majority of the world over time, pushing aside wars, famines, recessions, and natural disasters that get in their way.

Just like humans, dogs too can be pessimistic‎--study

As per UK researchers, just like human beings, dogs too have the tendency to be pessimistic in their outlook towards life, especially when left home alone by the owner.

This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades

At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing.

Positive attitude enhances life span: Study

Chicago, March 9: A latest study by U.S. researchers suggests that optimists lead longer and healthier lives as compared to pessimists.