A Bit of Optimism
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 something far greater than themselves?
I started A Bit of Optimism to explore those ideas and expand my own perspective. This podcast is a trove of honest conversations, with people who challenge me, teach me, or simply help me see things in a different way. Some guests are household names, and others you may be meeting for the first time. But each one of them has something to share that can help all of us grow.
So if you’re looking for a spark — some insight, inspiration, or just a reminder that good things are possible — join me on A Bit of Optimism!
Let’s grow together.
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Previous Episodes
- 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
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