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A Bit of Optimism

Simon Sinek

My career is an accident. It started when I set out to rediscover my passion and reignite a spark I’d lost — and that journey led me to the work I do now. If you know me from my books or my speaking, you know I’m fascinated by why people do what they do. What makes someone find joy and meaning in their life, or pursue…

240 episodes tracked

A Bit of Optimism

Revisited: Your Instincts Know What You Want with Happiness Expert Arthur Brooks

Revisited: The Power of Saying &#34;Screw It&#34; with Rob Lowe

What Mentally Strong People Do on Their Worst Days with Psychotherapist Amy Morin

The Dating Advice Making Us Worse at Love with Relationship Expert Amy Chan

Why Trying to “Sound Smart” is Losing You the Room with Strategic Story Producer Rob Willis

Your Limits Are Learned (And They Can Be Unlearned) with Brain Coach Jim Kwik

How to Trust Yourself When Everyone Has an Opinion with Love Thy Nader&#39;s Mary Holland Nader

What Happens When You Bet on Yourself with Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt

How to Say the Hard Thing and Keep the Relationship | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 5

Why Being Right Is Costing You Trust | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 4

What Is Your Team Afraid to Tell You? | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 3

The Secret to Better Conversations Isn&#39;t Talking | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 2

The Hidden Cost of Always Saying Yes | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 1

Why We Fall for the Wrong Person with Couples Therapist Dr. Harville Hendrix

How to Tell If Fear Is Protecting You or Holding You Back with Extreme Athlete Nelly Attar

Remembering Bob Chapman: The Mentor Who Changed My Life

The AI Skills Nobody is Teaching (And Everyone Needs) with AI Expert Ethan Mollick

How to Stop Letting Your Own Thoughts Make You Sick, Stressed, and Stuck with Dr. Ellen Langer

What Happens When You Stop Optimizing and Start Committing with Former LA Lakers President Tim Harris

Revisited: Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with Author Fredrik Backman

How to Stop Being Socially Awkward (According to Science) with Behavioral Scientist Vanessa Van Edwards

Stop Telling Us Everything Happens for a Reason with Anti-Victim Tom Nash

The Real Reason You Feel Empty (Even When Life Looks Good) with Musician Mike Posner

The Real Reason Young People Don&#39;t Have &#39;The Hunger&#39; for Work (And What Leaders Need to Hear) with Generations Expert Dr. Eliza Filby

The Leadership Advice Nobody Follows (But Everyone Should) with Top Leadership Expert Don Yaeger

Why This Baseball Team Has a 4.2 Million Person Waitlist With Savannah Bananas Founder Jesse Cole

Ken Burns and the Art of Telling the Whole Story

What Happens When You’re Naive Enough to Try with KIND Founder Daniel Lubetzky

AI Can Do Everything… Except This (Why Humans Still Win) With Restaurateur Will Guidara

Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur

Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Maria Shriver

Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier

The Confidence Conversation We Need to Have with Scott Galloway

28 Years on the Force: Chief Angela Averiett on What It Really Takes to Change Police Culture

When Pop Fandom Becomes a Force for Good with AJR’s Adam Met

What Grit Really Teaches Us About Happiness with Professor Angela Duckworth

Matthew McConaughey on How to Fall Back in Love with Your Life

Revisited: Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt

Revisited: Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy

Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins

Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle Cordova

Revisited: Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with Happiness Expert Mo Gawdat

Prepare for the Life You’re Meant to Live With Chaplain John Fox

How Losing Everything Taught Her to Help Everyone: Joan Howard’s Story

A Rebel With a Cause (and a Cone) with Jeni’s Ice Cream Founder Jeni Britton

The Culture That Converts Even the Biggest Cynics with former WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge

Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with author Fredrik Backman

The Smartest Way To Be Stupid with comedian Matthew Broussard

The Man Who Proved Me Right with CEO Bob Chapman and the Barry-Wehmiller Team

Rob Lowe Names Names: The Power of ‘Screw It’

The Future You Avoid Is Riskier Than the One You Face with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman

What Your Love Life Can Teach You About Work Relationships with psychotherapist Esther Perel

Your Instincts Know What You Want with Author Arthur Brooks

The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis

Simon Goes Nuclear with nuclear energy influencer Isabelle Boemeke

The Brilliance of Boredom with creative polymath Elle Cordova

The Privilege of Bad Experiences with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim

The Business Case for Good Manners with etiquette coach William Hanson

Live Like You Have 2 Years Left with dancer and cancer survivor Angela Trimbur

The Quiet Power of the Empathetic Leader with Navy SEAL turned rowing coach Gordon Schmidt

Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with happiness expert Mo Gawdat

We All Get Cancelled One Day with Somebody Feed Phil’s Phil Rosenthal

The Extraordinary Magic of Ordinary People with author Brad Meltzer

Ask Yourself &#34;What If?&#34; with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi

Revisited: Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride

Revisited: The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger

Where Is Simon Going? with journalist Cal Fussman

The Cure for Nihilism with professor Suzy Welch

(PART 2) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards

(PART 1) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards

Find Your Allies Fast with philanthropist Melinda French Gates

Who Are You, Really? with journalist Maria Shriver

The Search for Self-Love with podcaster Lewis Howes

Revisited: Why Awkward Is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro

Does Gender Change How We Lead? with Retired Colonel DeDe Halfhill

The Myth of the Perfect Meditator with podcaster Jay Shetty

When Your &#39;Flaw&#39; Becomes Your Edge with Comedian Hasan Minhaj

Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams with Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink

A Sweet Conversation About Dying with Death Doula Alua Arthur

Revisited: The Power of Saying "Screw It" with Rob Lowe

How to Trust Yourself When Everyone Has an Opinion with Love Thy Nader's Mary Holland Nader

The Secret to Better Conversations Isn't Talking | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 2

The Real Reason Young People Don't Have 'The Hunger' for Work (And What Leaders Need to Hear) with Generations Expert Dr. Eliza Filby

Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi

When Your 'Flaw' Becomes Your Edge with Comedian Hasan Minhaj

Revisited: Molly's Game with Molly Bloom

Landing Moonshots with Google's Innovation Chief Dr. Astro Teller