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.
157 episodes transcribedHow are you? It’s a question we get asked everyday, but we hardly ever answer it honestly. When Diego Perez — also known under his penname, Yung Pueb...
How do people become powerful? Can understanding power protect us from those who wield it too strongly?When Robert Greene first set out to write about...
Failure is the secret to success. Our failures are agents of inspiration, iteration, and innovation. Dr. Amy Edmondson is the Professor of Leadership...
You’ll never achieve perfect happiness. This might sound like bad news, but it’s actually a good thing. Because being happy is not a final destination...
When should we trust our gut and when should we depend on logic? Liv Boeree can actually answer that question. She won the World Series of Poker befo...
When should you quit a project and when should you persevere?As one of the world’s leading entrepreneurs, Steven Bartlett has thought deeply about thi...
How you do anything is how you do everything.Steven Bartlett embodies this old adage. His high standards and focus on the finest details launched him...
Great businesses often look a lot like social movements. Sharmadean Reid knows this from experience—she has combined technology and culture to create...
What does it mean to live a long and happy life? David Von Drehle has spent 40 years covering big stories and important figures as an award-winning j...
For this 4th of July, I wanted to do something special to celebrate the birth of our nation. So I invited Air Force Chief of Staff General CQ Brown, J...
Change is inevitable. And yet fear, anger, and confusion are often our first reactions to changes. Cassandra Worthy experienced the negative emotions...
Information is power. But how do we adapt now that most of the information we consume comes with a heavy bias? In an ironic twist of fate, it’s Wikipe...
What does it mean for a life to go well? What matters most in our time on Earth? These are the most important questions of our lives and yet most of u...
Creative success is notoriously elusive, but those who have made the journey insist it comes down to three factors: hard work, luck, and talent. Steve...
On the path to fame, most rising stars abandon their morals.Not Jimmy Darts. He’s done just the opposite. Jimmy started his career as a YouTuber pull...
Dating doesn’t have to be about finding “The One.” At its most rewarding, modern love can be about growth, curiosity, and authenticity. Ana Kirova i...
“Soul” is a word that I've never really used, but it perfectly encapsulates what has made David Copperfield the most successful magician of all time....
Molly Bloom’s life story is one-of-a-kind. Her Olympic dreams were dashed, so she planned on going to law school. Instead, she wound up running a hig...
How would you like to be judged for the rest of your life by the worst thing you’ve ever done?Robin Steinberg was a public defender, where she had to...
There is a very good chance that Bill Farmer has already made your life brighter and you had no idea.That's because Bill is a Disney Legend. He has be...
