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A Bit of Optimism
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A Bit of Optimism 

Simon Sinek
50 episodes available · plays inline · no app required
  1. Why Being Right Is Costing You Trust | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 4
    Aug 4, 2026 ·3155
  2. What Is Your Team Afraid to Tell You? | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 3
    Jul 28, 2026 ·3467
  3. The Secret to Better Conversations Isn't Talking | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 2
    Jul 21, 2026 ·2920
  4. The Hidden Cost of Always Saying Yes | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 1
    Jul 14, 2026 ·3485
  5. Why We Fall for the Wrong Person with Couples Therapist Dr. Harville Hendrix
    Jul 7, 2026 ·3221
  6. How to Tell If Fear Is Protecting You or Holding You Back with Extreme Athlete Nelly Attar
    Jun 30, 2026 ·3070
  7. Remembering Bob Chapman: The Mentor Who Changed My Life
    Jun 23, 2026 ·3126
  8. The AI Skills Nobody is Teaching (And Everyone Needs) with AI Expert Ethan Mollick
    Jun 16, 2026 ·3533
  9. How to Stop Letting Your Own Thoughts Make You Sick, Stressed, and Stuck with Dr. Ellen Langer
    Jun 9, 2026 ·3436
  10. What Happens When You Stop Optimizing and Start Committing with Former LA Lakers President Tim Harris
    Jun 2, 2026 ·3396
  11. Revisited: Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with Author Fredrik Backman
    May 26, 2026 ·3487
  12. How to Stop Being Socially Awkward (According to Science) with Behavioral Scientist Vanessa Van Edwards
    May 19, 2026 ·3535
  13. Stop Telling Us Everything Happens for a Reason with Anti-Victim Tom Nash
    May 12, 2026 ·3720
  14. The Real Reason You Feel Empty (Even When Life Looks Good) with Musician Mike Posner
    May 5, 2026 ·3157
  15. The Real Reason Young People Don't Have 'The Hunger' for Work (And What Leaders Need to Hear) with Generations Expert Dr. Eliza Filby
    Apr 28, 2026 ·5103
  16. The Leadership Advice Nobody Follows (But Everyone Should) with Top Leadership Expert Don Yaeger
    Apr 21, 2026 ·3285
  17. Why This Baseball Team Has a 4.2 Million Person Waitlist With Savannah Bananas Founder Jesse Cole
    Apr 14, 2026 ·3951
  18. Ken Burns and the Art of Telling the Whole Story
    Apr 7, 2026 ·3252
  19. What Happens When You’re Naive Enough to Try with KIND Founder Daniel Lubetzky
    Mar 31, 2026 ·3292
  20. AI Can Do Everything… Except This (Why Humans Still Win) With Restaurateur Will Guidara
    Mar 24, 2026 ·3959
  21. Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur
    Mar 17, 2026 ·2707
  22. Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Maria Shriver
    Mar 10, 2026 ·2628
  23. Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier
    Mar 3, 2026 ·3513
  24. The Confidence Conversation We Need to Have with Scott Galloway
    Feb 24, 2026 ·3293
  25. 28 Years on the Force: Chief Angela Averiett on What It Really Takes to Change Police Culture
    Feb 16, 2026 ·3900
  26. When Pop Fandom Becomes a Force for Good with AJR’s Adam Met
    Feb 10, 2026 ·3675
  27. What Grit Really Teaches Us About Happiness with Professor Angela Duckworth
    Feb 3, 2026 ·3365
  28. Matthew McConaughey on How to Fall Back in Love with Your Life
    Jan 27, 2026 ·3540
  29. Revisited: Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt
    Jan 20, 2026 ·3378
  30. Revisited: Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy
    Jan 13, 2026 ·2635
  31. Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins
    Jan 6, 2026 ·3433
  32. Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle Cordova
    Dec 30, 2025 ·3790
  33. Revisited: Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with Happiness Expert Mo Gawdat
    Dec 23, 2025 ·5438
  34. A Bit of Optimism Will Return in the New Year
    Dec 23, 2025 ·157
  35. Prepare for the Life You’re Meant to Live With Chaplain John Fox
    Dec 16, 2025 ·4051
  36. How Losing Everything Taught Her to Help Everyone: Joan Howard’s Story
    Dec 9, 2025 ·3068
  37. A Rebel With a Cause (and a Cone) with Jeni’s Ice Cream Founder Jeni Britton
    Dec 2, 2025 ·3199
  38. The Culture That Converts Even the Biggest Cynics with former WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge
    Nov 25, 2025 ·3415
  39. Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with author Fredrik Backman
    Nov 18, 2025 ·3487
  40. The Smartest Way To Be Stupid with comedian Matthew Broussard
    Nov 11, 2025 ·3893
  41. The Man Who Proved Me Right with CEO Bob Chapman and the Barry-Wehmiller Team
    Nov 4, 2025 ·4327
  42. Rob Lowe Names Names: The Power of ‘Screw It’
    Sep 23, 2025 ·3741
  43. The Future You Avoid Is Riskier Than the One You Face with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman
    Sep 16, 2025 ·3992
  44. What Your Love Life Can Teach You About Work Relationships with psychotherapist Esther Perel
    Sep 9, 2025 ·3744
  45. Your Instincts Know What You Want with Author Arthur Brooks
    Sep 2, 2025 ·3354
  46. The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis
    Aug 26, 2025 ·3674
  47. Simon Goes Nuclear with nuclear energy influencer Isabelle Boemeke
    Aug 19, 2025 ·3980
  48. The Brilliance of Boredom with creative polymath Elle Cordova
    Aug 12, 2025 ·3922
  49. The Privilege of Bad Experiences with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim
    Aug 5, 2025 ·1570
  50. The Business Case for Good Manners with etiquette coach William Hanson
    Jul 15, 2025 ·3284
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