Is your glass half-full or half-empty?

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? How long (and healthily) you live may depend on your answer.

Over the past decade, studies have shown conclusively that having a good attitude influences physical health. And that certain personality traits - especially being optimistic, but also being extroverted and conscientious and open to new ideas - influence not only how well you live but how long you live well.

Indeed, a Dutch study of men and women aged 65 to 85 found that being an optimist helps reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and all other causes, too. According to the study, death rates from all causes were 55% lower for those with the highest optimistic/positive outlook and the risks of dying from heart disease were 23% lower.

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