All 6 Uses of
positive
in
This I Believe II
- Combating the Tyranny of the Positive Attitude BARBARA HELD MANY AMERICANS INSIST THAT EVERYONE HAVE a positive attitude, even when the going gets rough.†
Chpt 32
- Combating the Tyranny of the Positive Attitude BARBARA HELD MANY AMERICANS INSIST THAT EVERYONE HAVE a positive attitude, even when the going gets rough.†
Chpt 32
- From the self-help bookshelves to the Complaint-Free World movement, the power of positive thinking is touted now more than ever as the way to be happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Chpt 32positive = optimistic
- As an academic psychologist, I know that people have different temperaments, and if we are prevented from coping in our own way, be it "positive" or "negative," we function less well.†
Chpt 32
- That was when I began to realize that I had been tyrannized by the idea that everyone must always have a positive attitude.
Chpt 32 *positive = optimistic or agreeable
- Having flourished in my own authentically kvetchy way, I believe that we would be better off if we let everyone be themselves--positive, negative, or even somewhere in between.†
Chpt 32 *
Definitions:
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(positive as in: a positive attitude) optimistic (expecting or focusing good things); or agreeable
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)