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A Bit of Optimism · Oct 21, 2026 · 12 min read
Amy Morin on Mental Strength, Avoidance, and What to Do on Your Worst Days

Psychotherapist Amy Morin and Simon Sinek treat mental strength as a daily practice and share small, practical moves for bad days.

A Bit of Optimism · Oct 21, 2026 · 12 min read
Rob Lowe on the "Screw-Its," Bombing at the Oscars, and Why Authenticity Is Hollywood's Real Currency

Rob Lowe and Simon Sinek on risk-taking, surviving public humiliation, refusing to self-edit, and finding humor in life's hardest parts.

A Bit of Optimism · Oct 21, 2026 · 10 min read
Arthur Brooks on Trusting Your Gut, Career Reinvention, and Finding Happiness in Process (A Bit of Optimism, Revisited)

Arthur Brooks and Simon Sinek on the 80/20/0 gut check, careers as spirals, the arrival fallacy, and why AI may erode the struggle that builds wisdom.

A Bit of Optimism · Oct 21, 2026 · 12 min read
Esther Perel and Simon Sinek on Why the Quality of Our Relationships Shapes Our Lives, at Home and at Work

Esther Perel on how love and work turned happiness from a perk into the glue, why play matters, and why Gen Z should talk to strangers.