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I perfect example of his integrity and compassion occurred on night around 1. The intelligent optimists guide to life berrettkoehler publishers. His masterpiece has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 40 languages. In order to continue to tackle global challenges and push humanity forward, its important to be intelligently optimistic about the future. He will visit us from his land of origin, the netherlands, on his way to his us home in santa barbara, california. In the voluminous writings he composed during his eleven years imprisonment under the fascist regime, antonio gramsci repeatedly cites the aphorism, pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will which he ascribed to the novelist romain rolland. Jurriaan kamp in this book, the author explains how we can cultivate an outlook of informed optimism by tuning out the medias focus on sensationalism and negativity and turning on our natural optimism.
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