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Besides, the constant effort of maintaining optimism in the face of considerable counterevidence is just too damn much work. Optimism training, affirmations and related forms of self-hypnosis are a burden that we can finally, in good conscience, set down. They won't make you richer or healthier, and, as we should have learned by now, they can easily put you in harm's way. The threats that we face, individually and collectively, won't be solved by wishful thinking but by a clear-eyed commitment to taking action in the world...
...been in office eight months. His ambitious plans for a peace deal in the Middle East and a nuclear-free world are just getting started. No doubt the Nobel Committee want this prize to add momentum to those plans. But the award also risks adding to the huge burden of expectations that Obama carried when he entered office. The reality of governing has already proved how ridiculous many of those expectations were. (See pictures of Obama's nation of hope...
MIT’s decision to remove the 500-word personal statement from their college application eliminates a crucial piece of the college evaluation and admission process. The decision will make it more challenging for MIT to evaluate its applicants’ writing skills, shifting the burden of expression to three shorter 200-word response essays...
...Right now a heavy burden falls on a small number of guys for scoring and producing numbers,” said Clark, whose team gets 65% of its scoring from Rogers and co-captain Andre Akpan. “I think spreading that around a little bit will go a long...
...sister organization in Rwanda. “Now, I feel more energized to be more involved with field work.”Several Harvard students who managed to snag tickets to the sold-out event expressed similar sentiment.“Social justice has always been a burden on my heart,” said Desta S. Lissanu ’13. “I’m Ethiopian...I really feel an obligation to help my people, and I’m trying to find a way to fulfill that.”—Staff writer...