If you want a pay raise, try being a little more optimistic. A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that workers who are cynical often have a lower income than ...

They see the wallet half full. The power of positivity might seem like hocus pocus, but having an optimistic outlook could literally benefit one’s bank account, according to a sunny study published in ...

People with a positive mindset say things like, 'It could be worse' and 'I'm proud of you,' often without even realizing it.

Being optimistic about the future may help people save more money, and the effect appears strongest among those with lower incomes, according to research published in the Journal of Personality and ...

Research shows optimism is a major contributor to longevity. Fortunately, up to 75 percent of your level of optimism is under your control. Warren Buffett calls it the Methuselah Effect: the financial ...

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”—Winston Churchill Optimism can be defined as “the extent to which people hold generalized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the study, conducted by scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of New Hampshire, ...

Warren Buffett calls it the Methuselah Effect: the financial advantages of a long life, a high rate of return, and as Buffett wrote in his 1965 Buffett Partnership letter, “a combination of both ...