When a thousand CEOs were surveyed about their half-full/half-empty outlooks, more than 80% of them were rated as "very optimistic." Which could be a problem if you care about productivity and the performance of a company.
As Wharton psychologist Adam Grant argues at LinkedIn that optimism--otherwise thought to be as sweetly American as apple pie--can turn tart in any number of ways.
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