A Bit of Optimism

Updated: 10 Dec 2024 • 156 episodes
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The future is always bright…if you know where to look. Join me each week for A Bit of Optimism! I talk to inspiring people who teach me more about life, leadership and general interesting things.

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They say business and pleasure don’t mix. But what about business and friends? My dear friend Will Guidara is the perfect person to dive into this question because we're actively trying to get into business together. And, let's just say, it requires a lot of effort.  In addition to being someone I love, Will is a renow

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Simon Sinek & Robert Waldinger 03 Dec 2024 • EN

The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger

We all want to live a happy life, but what does research say about how to actually achieve it?   For more than 86 years, researchers at Harvard University have been trying to answer that question.  In one of the longest-running and most comprehensive studies of human happiness, Harvard tracked 724 teenagers through eve

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Finding love is a journey. We might take some wrong turns along the way. Matthew Hussey helps people find love, and sometimes, redefine their relationship with love. Matthew is a dating coach who balances practical advice about the art of attraction with the importance of centering our own sense of self in our search f

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Simon Sinek & Mark Hyman 19 Nov 2024 • EN

Dr. Mark Hyman: To Live Longer You Need...

Close friends are the best thing for your health. Friendship, it turns out, is one of life’s best medicines. If you don’t believe me, believe Dr. Mark Hyman. Mark is one of the leading voices in the functional medicine movement, which is all about taking a holistic approach to our health for natural healing and prevent

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Simon Sinek & Alexis Ohanian 12 Nov 2024 • EN

Alexis Ohanian: Why I Left Reddit and Why Greed Can Inspire Good

In 2020, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigned from his own company in protest. After 15 years building Reddit into a social media juggernaut, why leave? The answer is values. Alexis is the kind of entrepreneur and investor who believes that integrity and long term profits go hand in hand. It’s the reason he starte

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Kenya's Maasai Mara is rugged, beautiful, and tough. Values are everything for the people who live in this rural countryside,  On a trip to Kenya, I had the opportunity to visit The Mara.  The intelligence and grit of the young people there blew me away! I met incredibly driven young women determined to uplift their fa

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