How to Be More Optimistic with Simon Sinek
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What does it mean to be an optimist and why does Simon Sinek define himself that way?
Your moniker is not, you know, acclaimed holy speaker speaker, number one New York Times best selling out it's Optimist. What does that mean?
We're defining ourselves by our jobs or something we did 20 years ago. And the problem with that is the accomplishments get further and further away, become less and less relevant. And what happens when you no longer have the job? Then who are you? I'm very strict about defining myself by who I am, so that if I stop doing any of the things I do, I'll always be an optimist till the day I die. People say me to me things like, How can you be an optimist in these times? And my answer is always the same, which is like, Во вот із ізі бин опist when everything's perfect? Find a story. That explains why all the sacrifice, all the heartache, all the the two steps back. Are worth it. You could make more money, work fewer hours, you could do something else.
What is so important in the world that vi all that suffering is worth it?
Hi friends, welcome to Office Hours. I'm Martha Brooks. This is a show about love and happiness and how we can use those ideas in our own lives and the lives of other people, specifically focusing on science and ideas. Thank you for continuing to watch the show. If it's your first time, welcome. I hope that you'll come back. And if you like it, if you've been here a long time or this is your first week, please do like and subscribe. That's one of the ways that we can train the algorithm that the algorithm on YouTube or Spotify or Apple or wherever you're getting this to deliver this to more people in their feed. And we want more people to be watching the show because love and happiness, who doesn't need it, right?
As always, if you have comments or criticisms, please write to us at officehours at ArthurWorks.com or put 'em your ideas in the or criticisms or comments in the in the comments below wherever you're watching or listening to this. Today is a special episode, actually. I'm going to be talking about something that's adjacent to happiness, and that's that's the subject of hope. I'll tell you who our guest is in a second, but first let's talk about why we would do an episode on hope per se. The reason is because we're teaming up with a collection of other podcasts for what's called a Be Hope Podcast Takeover. Ugh, the invasion of the podcasts. You've probably seen this in other podcasts in your feed, but the idea is to s to spread a message of hope and optimism right now when the UN General Assembly, the United Nations General Assembly is getting together in New York.
That's happening as we air this episode. Leaders from around the world are coming together for that and we want to inspire them. No matter what your views are on the United Nations, what they should or shouldn't be doing, we all want better leaders. We want leaders who are more hopeful, who are more optimistic, and who are getting a better vision of those ideas into the lives of the people that they govern. Well, I'm not doing this episode alone. I typically do, but not today. Today I've got a great friend with me, Simon Sinek. Most of you probably know his work. Simon Sinek um is somebody who has been talking about meaning in life and who talks about himself, calls himself an optimist. It's the first word in his bio.
He believes in this whole idea of optimism and hope. It's it comes out of his pores, but he's also an an intellectual. He talks about what it is and how to get more of it. Simon was actually trained as an ethnographer. He has an intellectual. Interesting academic background. I'm not going to be focusing on that. I'm going to be talking more about what he's found out about people and how to motivate them to be their best sell companies to be better too for serving people and creating value. And all the things that he's been talking about in public life. He's gotten pretty famous, as a matter of fact, talking about positive things in a world that's so full of negativity. It's really quite a distinction, I have to say.
He's somebody that I personally have a lot of love and respect.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does it mean to be an optimist and why does Simon Sinek define himself that way?
0:00–6:39
2
How did Arthur Brooks and Simon Sinek first meet and what sparked their friendship?
6:39–13:21
3
What is the difference between optimism and hope according to Simon and Arthur?
13:21–20:41
4
Why do the hosts think optimism is declining in today’s world?
20:41–28:21
5
Why do leaders need a clear vision to turn optimism into action?
28:21–35:49
6
How can individuals become more optimistic in their daily lives?
35:49–42:54
7
What are the four practical lessons for cultivating optimism that the guests share?
42:54–49:48
8
What advice do Simon and Arthur give to leaders who want to inspire hope and optimism?
49:48–56:09