optimistic

Fortune magazine published advices to help people stay optimistic in these tough economic times. The edition cites Shawn Achor, head of Aspirant, a consulting firm that advises clients like Microsoft, American Express, Credit Suisse, and UBS on how to keep morale and productivity up in these extraordinarily difficult times. Achor is also resident psychology tutor at Harvard. He has done 5 years of research into "positive psychology," otherwise known as the formal academic study of happiness.