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title: "Choosing an Optimistic Mindset is a Choice: Janelle Bruland"
description: Choosing an optimistic mindset is a choice. It's a choice that takes work and means not looking at problems as insurmountable, but rather as opportunities.
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# [Choosing an Optimistic Mindset is a Choice: Janelle Bruland](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/janellebruland)

 Written by [Victor Perton](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/author/victor-perton) | Mar 27, 2023 10:09:15 PM

**"Choosing an optimistic mindset is a choice. It's a choice that takes work and means not looking at problems as insurmountable, but rather as opportunities."**

 

[Janelle Bruland's wisdom](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7046215486501523456?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7046215486501523456%2C7046226642616156160%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287046226642616156160%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7046215486501523456%29)

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