title: The Optimist's/Pessimist's Handbook: A Companion to Hope and Despair
author:  Niall Edworthy 
description: And now, just for fun comes this reversible little book, one side for optimists, the other for pessimistsfull of quotations, proverbs, statistics, and diary extracts from well-known persons who look at the glass as either half-empty or half-full. Edworthy (<i>The Curious Gardner's Almanac</i>) and retired magazine publisher Cramsie cover topics from baldness and fashion to lawyers and wealth. In the optimism portion of the book, for example, Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, "If you are going through hell, keep going." Honore de Balzac, quoted in "pessimism," notes: "Believe everything you hear about the world; nothing is too impossibly bad." This enjoyable read will be appreciated by most patrons. Recommended to all public libraries. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Maximize Achievements, Minimize Regrets
  
   
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  Foreword by Dr. Mike Omotosho 
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  Maximize Achievements, Minimize Regrets.
  
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  CONTENTS
  Dedication
  Acknowledgement
  Foreword
  Introduction
  The 49 Laws of Certainty
   
  Mind of the extremist
  Why some  skilled people are broke
  Work, Energy, Force and Power
  Value Retention
  Life and the Game of Ludo
  Conclusion
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  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  Special thanks to Dr. Ben Nwankwo, my mentor who inspired 
  the title of this book through several moment of impactful 
  conversations and the gift of a book . I once asked him to show 
  me the path to greatness and he told me, all grea