And I know this will sound Pollyannaish to you, but I wasn't basically focused on making money...

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Barsh and Cranston recommend framing setbacks as opportunities and as Pollyannaish as this seems, it actually works.

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Jewell has some more holiday job-seeking advice that may seem a tad Pollyannaish to the cynical among us.

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It can also result in painful losses if you become too pollyannaish about prospects for a stock with a shameful past.

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While Johnson loves America, his book is no Pollyannaish apologia.

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Why take this seemingly Pollyannaish approach?

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For an economy to prosper, what's needed is not a Pollyannaish faith that everyone else has your best interests at heart--"caveat emptor" remains an important truth--but a basic confidence in the promises and commitments that people make about their products and services.

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Today that optimism seems Pollyannaish.

ECONOMIST: Great idea. Shame about the mediocre computer