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Are America’s Best Days Over?

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According to a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey published on Sunday, November 10, 2012, forty-five percent (45%) of Likely U.S. Voters feel that America’s best days are in the past, but nearly as many (43%) think they are in the future. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure.

Or put another way, roughly one-half of the U.S. population sees the glass half empty, while the other half sees the glass half full.

I don’t know what the historical averages in the U.S. are for optimism/pessimism, but as an optimist, I find these numbers disturbing.

Clearly, we are a divided country politically. Now I learn we’re a divided country attitudinally.

So what can you do?

Take 100% personal responsibility for your thinking.
Take 100% personal responsibility for your actions.
Take 100% personal responsibility for your interactions with others.

I’m optimistic about my own future.
I’m optimistic about the future of America.

And I’m willing to be encouraging to the glass-half-emptiers so that America’s best days still do lie ahead.

How about you?


Next Blog Title: Front Porch Thoughts: A Thankful Day, A Thankful Year, A Thankful Life
Next Blog Date: November 19, 2012


Post Categories: Filed Under: 3-Uncertain, Business, Gumption-Personal Responsibility, Movie Life Lessons - Big 3 Post Tags: Tagged With: America's Best Days, Function with Gumption, Gumption, Mindset, Rasmussen Reports, Steve Weber

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