Optimism Fan Prints

'You just wait! I may be ugly now, but someday I'll grow up into a beautiful something or other!'

'It was a grey and rainy morning when I bought this hemp rope but the air was clear and refreshing. You see, I always think positive.'

That shows business confidence.

'Chocolate milk, carrot cake,candied yams...see, there's a solution to everything!'

What the Thinker was thinking: 'I think I can...I think I can...'

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

'My pessimism keeps me optimistic.'

Six Thinking Hats

"I love your optimism."

"I've learned something in this trial. My firm needs to hire that prosecutor."

"I think I can". (train)

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

Dave realised that Clive didn't see problems,only 'challenges to be embraced'.

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"Don't you worry about me. I always land on my feet."

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

'Look, dear, they offer cloud storage for optimistic economic projections...it's called Cloud 9.'

"I just think things will work out for the best, and by the best I mean me."

Pollyanna, the Hamster

"Today stocks rose on the news that 'down' is a temporary state of mind."

Doug reasoned that things could be worse...but just how much worse...he wasn't sure??

"Oh, don't mind us... We just want to make sure it's really dead."

Ahhh, spring baseball.

'Normally, I would appreciate your never-say-die-attitude...'

Man replaces tank sign with deer sign

"His face may be in the gutter, but his bum's looking up at the stars."

"Someday our robots will have all our anxieties for us."

Flower growing from a bomb.

"Look on the bright side, you never know what's round the corner."

a crash-test dummy is performing some affirmations before going to work

"I've tried to keep one in the past, but it always flew away when my husband came home. So I thought I'd try this method!"