A Bit of Optimism

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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.

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The First Steps to Find Love with Matthew Hussey

Finding love is a journey. We might take some wrong turns along the way.

49 min
19 NOV

Dr. Mark Hyman: To Live Longer You Need...

Close friends are the best thing for your health. Friendship, it turns out, is one of life’s best medicines.

48 min
12 NOV

Alexis Ohanian: Why I Left Reddit and Why Greed Can Inspire Good

In 2020, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigned from his own company in protest. After 15 years building Reddit into a social media juggernaut, why leave?

1h 4m
5 NOV

What can we learn from a rural school in Kenya? with principal Carol Moraa

Kenya's Maasai Mara is rugged, beautiful, and tough. On a trip to Kenya, I had the opportunity to visit The Mara. The intelligence and grit of the young people there blew me away!

40 min
29 OCT

Peace Is A Process with negotiation expert William Ury

Peace is a process, not an outcome. It's a process that must begin with understanding the other side. And few people on this planet have as much experience making peace as William Ury.

42 min
22 OCT

Creating Astonishment with Chicago Bears CEO Kevin Warren

Kevin Warren's job as CEO of the Chicago Bears is to astonish people with sports moments they'll never forget. A veteran executive of professional football, he's also served as COO of the Minnesota Vikings and Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference.

56 min
15 OCT

A Lifetime of Leadership with President Joe Biden

Few leaders have navigated as much change as Joe Biden. He was elected to the Senate at 29 and will end his time as President at 82. His journey has been shaped by unlikely friendships and profound personal loss.

33 min
8 OCT

Revisited: How To Be A Friend with chef and entrepreneur Christina Tosi

Friends can help us get through life’s toughest moments. But a true friend remembers to smile about the good times.

39 min

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This is... A Bit of Optimism

During these times, we are all having to find new ways to connect. Starting June 1, join me every week from my kitchen table as I talk with people that inspire me, about love, life, leadership and silver linings. The hope is that we all leave with something I think we need these days… A Bit of Optimism.

26/05/2020

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Amazing and inspirational

26/09/2023

Pösé

Thank you Simon for giving me these little bite sized pearls of wisdom so we know we are not alone in our journey and that while others have walked a similar path no two paths are the same and we need to draw on the collective wisdoms to successfully navigate our own path. Forever grateful.
Love it

01/11/2021

kohmel

Learnt so much and the sharings and insights touch the core of my soul and changed my life
My Fave Podcasts to Listen while on Long walk

28/08/2020

Cindy Marie Azur

Been a big fan of his talks and now even on Podcasts. Always learning and realising many great things by end of each episode. Worth to listen to...

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.