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.
181 episodes transcribedThe slums of Kenya are a tough place to grow up. Stealing a mango could get you killed.Kennedy Odede grew up in Kibera, Africa's largest urban slum. A...
Before Elon Musk rebranded Twitter, X was already in use — at Google. Google X was Google's secret research lab, where Google's most imaginative ideas...
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Our sense of smell has the deepest tie to emotion and memory. But it's also the most overlooked. In business, that's a giant missed opportunity.Dawn G...
Fierce competition can lead to burnout. How do we train ourselves to maintain excellence without giving in to the pressure to perform?High-performance...
Classical music could use a little disruption. For Anastasia Kobekina, that means playing outside of its rigid forms.An accomplished soloist, Anastasi...
Courage isn't about bravado. It's about staying calm. Li Karlsen knows a lot about staying calm under the most inhospitable conditions. One of the mos...
In Part 2 of our conversation, Brené Brown, Adam Grant, and I continue our journey of out loud self-reflection.We discuss identifying our values, the...
To become more self-aware, sometimes you need a friend. Two friends is even better.Brené Brown and Adam Grant swing by the podcast for one of our trad...
Building wealth is an unequal pursuit. Scott Galloway believes no one is getting more screwed financially than young people.Scott argues what the U.S....
Seven years after ISIS killed her son, Diane Foley met with one of his killers. Somehow, she was able to find the humanity in her son's murderer. ISIS...
Humility stems from confidence. Confident leaders can admit when they're not the smartest person in the room.Blake Hall exemplifies the type of leader...
The jump from $250 million to $2 billion in revenue doesn't happen overnight. Over 25 years, John Burke transformed Trek Bikes into a global powerhous...
War reporters risk their lives to document conflict. And yet, after a career living on battlefields, Sebastian Junger's closest brush with death was s...
Starting a company from scratch isn't easy. Doing it multiple times seems downright impossible.Eric Ryan is one of those serial entrepreneurs. Most kn...
In 2005, Neil Strauss published The Game, a book about his years living in the pickup artist community. The Game sold millions of copies, stirred up h...
Society treats marriage like the end goal of human intimacy. Platonic friends can never be as important as romantic partners. What would life look lik...
It's not just what we eat but how we eat it that counts. Eating the same meal in a different order can dramatically change how we feel!Glucose Goddess...
Relationships are hard. No matter how much we like, respect, or love someone, conflict seems inevitable.But even as we fight and disagree, we can also...
Loneliness is now an epidemic, with devastating impacts on our health. How can we rekindle the deep human connection we need now more than ever?For Ra...
