Successful people are optimistic. They’re not idiots—they see the challenges, but they don’t lose their confidence. Psychologist and consultant Jill Ammon-Wexler spells out some of the characteristics of “intelligent optimists” that you can learn:
Don’t deny problems.
You can’t pretend difficulties don’t exist, but you can live with them while looking for ways to change things.
Accept [...]
Extended jobless benefits end for up to 250,000 Americans out of work because the Senate closed up shop without a deal to extend filing deadlines. These unemployed also won’t be able to sign up for the 65% federal subsidy for COBRA unemployment insurance. And, many have been unemployed for at least six months and already [...]
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH THE PRESIDENT. HE GLANCES
THROUGH A STACK OF CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS.
THE PRESIDENT LOOKS OVER HIS READING GLASSES AT THE VICE PRESIDENT.
OBAMA:
Joe, what are you working on?
BIDEN:
I figured it would take a while to get the call connected, so I brought some things to work on.
OBAMA: [...]
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Charlie Sheen returns to the set and about 250 people are still employed. Isn’t that great?
Warner Bros. TV kept the pomp and circumstance to a minimum, only confirming via a statement that “‘Two and a Half Men’ has resumed production.” A lot of people around the country waited with anticipation to see if the [...]
We understand that it takes balls to be a cop, but do you have to be attacked by a wiener as well?
Marium Varinauskas, 28, was fined $900 last Monday for attempting to assault a female police officer with his penis.
The Lithuanian man had been arguing with his girlfriend when police were called to his [...]
Members of Congress can retire with the same pay after serving only one term, they don’t pay into Social Security, and they’ve specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they pass while ordinary citizens must live under those laws.
The new Health Care Bill promises to cost Americans a trillion dollars over ten years, [...]
Craigslist hit the news again recently when it was learned that a man forced his wife to have sexual encounters and listed the services on the website. This may not be the first time in history that this has happened, but when you add the story to Craigslist, it gets headlines.
The story suggests that she [...]
