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I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for, or do they see opportunity as essentially everywhere and unlimited? It's a rough proxy for pessimism and optimism.
Tobias Lutke
People
Opportunity
Unlimited
Everywhere
Find
See
Strongest
Something
Well
Optimism
Essentially
Whether
Predictor
Pessimism
Who
Rough
Compete
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
Tom Hanks
Me
You
Think
Concept
Understand
Optimism
Get
Lack
Cynicism
I would absolutely recommend against excessive positivity and optimism. Any positive emotion that you're infusing into a workplace needs to be grounded in reality. If it's not realistic, sincere, meaningful, and individualized, it won't do much good.
Tom Rath
Positive
Good
Needs
You
Reality
Realistic
Positivity
Recommend
Would
Absolutely
Emotion
Excessive
Sincere
Optimism
Any
Against
Infusing
Meaningful
Much
Grounded
Workplace
What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.
Tony Judt
Else
Beneficial
Tend
Well
Am
Go
Condition
False
Historical
Optimism
Either
Against
Notion
Things
Default
The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.
Toyo Ito
Dreams
Collapsed
Disappear
Economy
Began
Optimism
Did
I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
Wendy Davis
Success
Work
Hard Work
Am
Overnight
Texan
Texas
Optimism
Sensation
Story
Success Story
Epitome
Hard
Optimism is the key.
Will Champion
Key
Optimism
Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps, as we saw with the fiscal pact, there are limits to my optimism in this regard. It's quite possible that we will have to create the new institutions for the euro zone first.
Wolfgang Schauble
Light
Will
First
Saw
Further
Possible
Steps
Countries
New
Institutions
Always
Fiscal
Limits
Continue
Integration
Optimism
Germany
Quite
Stood
Regard
Pact
Create
Euro
Resistance
Zone
Britain
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
Zaha Hadid
Great
Progress
Building
Nation
Sense
Unbroken
Great Sense
Nation-Building
Iraq
Up
Optimism
Moment
Belief
Growing
Growing Up
In fact, I'm happy to go on record as saying that the ability to create a reality distortion field is right up there alongside optimism as an entrepreneur's most valuable weapon.
Marc Randolph
Saying
Happy
Reality
Entrepreneur
Valuable
Field
Distortion
Weapon
Ability
Record
Fact
Alongside
Most
Go
Up
Optimism
In Fact
Create
Right
My son Ishaan's passion for movies and his exposure to world cinema infuses me with optimism.
Rajesh Khattar
Me
Son
World
Cinema
Passion
His
Optimism
Movies
Exposure
I like to keep working and keep changing. It's a hopeful, optimistic thing to think and sit about what you could do next. Maybe it's blind optimism.
Samuel Ervin Beam
You
Sit
Think
Changing
Hopeful
About
Could
Like
Blind
Optimism
Optimistic
Maybe
Next
Working
Keep
Thing
I think there is optimism to what I write.
KT Tunstall
Think
I Think
I Write
Write
Optimism
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