Optimism, writing and TED talks

If you were feeling a bit down about the progress of your work, perhaps you might like to watch this:

http://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2012-05-15&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email

It’s a beautifully sunny day in Portugal and the weather this week has been 37 degrees C -phew!