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1. Optimism is the ability to see the positive sides of things. Just like the song that says: "Always look at the bright side of life..."
2. Optimistic persons are happier, and more successful.
3. Focusing on the success and minimizing failures. Looking for positive features rather than focusing on solutions. Adopting broad-minded attitudes.
4. A narrow-minded attitude is when your family or your friend ignores you on one occasion, for example, and you already think that they don`t love you anymore, you`re not important to them.
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2. Mariam feels that with all that practicing for the audition, she became a better violonist.
3. The importance of the audition for Rosalie is to join the Youth Orchestra.
4. Rosalie thinks she will fail due to fatigue.
5. Rosalie feels like she wasted her time with practicing, she is discouraged by competition.
6. Mariam feels confident. If she`d fail, at least she became a better violonist.
