# "Human Gene Linked to Optimism and Self-Esteem"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem/57030>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [October 15, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem/57030 "2012-10-15T15:55:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem/57030/1 "2012-10-15T15:55:49Z")

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> UCLA scientists have identified for a particular gene that they believe is linked to optimism, self-esteem and mastery, which is the belief that one has control over one’s own life.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.randifredricks.com/blog/post.cfm/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem](http://www.randifredricks.com/blog/post.cfm/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem/57030/2 "2012-10-22T10:40:48Z")

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This is on my reading list and its one of those things that, I believe, need to be read quite a few times before one can truly grasp it 🙂

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**Author:** ![veramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/848f3c/32.png) [@veramis](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/veramis)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem/57030/3 "2012-10-23T05:04:47Z")

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The article talks like pessimism is a bad thing, but you have to be cynical sometimes to make things better. Perceiving a cup as half empty is more likely to motivate you to make it full than perceiving the cup as half full.

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/human-gene-linked-to-optimism-and-self-esteem/57030/4 "2012-11-04T12:38:20Z")

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> [@Steve](#):
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> This is on my reading list and its one of those things that, I believe, need to be read quite a few times before one can truly grasp it 🙂

What a optimistic approach toward understanding the article. 🙂 😛

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> The article talks like pessimism is a bad thing, but you have to be cynical sometimes to make things better. Perceiving a cup as half empty is more likely to motivate you to make it full than perceiving the cup as half full.

It makes sense to me in what you are saying, but I think the opposite is true for some individuals!🙂