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, ...

These 3 simple habits can really boost your optimism, research shows. Would you like to be more optimistic? Your answer should probably be yes. You may think of optimism, especially in these ...

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

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 ...

Optimistic people share patterns of brain activity, and make more of a distinction between positive and negative events than pessimists do, a brain-imaging study has found. “What if the common phrase ...

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 ...