A Bit of Optimism

Simon Sinek

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Stop Telling Us Everything Happens for a Reason with Anti-Victim Tom Nash

5/12/2026 • 62 min

We often comfort ourselves with the idea that things happen for a reason, or define our struggles as a test of strength. Tom Nash might ask you to reconsider. Tom is a speaker, former DJ, and globe-trotting advocate for agency, anti-fragility, and the radical idea that your worst moment might be your greatest asset — as he argued in his TED Talk, "The Perks o… Play episode

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The Real Reason Young People Don't Have 'The Hunger' for Work (And What Le…
The Leadership Advice Nobody Follows (But Everyone Should) with Top Leader…
Why This Baseball Team Has a 4.2 Million Person Waitlist With Savannah Ban…
Ken Burns and the Art of Telling the Whole Story
What Happens When You’re Naive Enough to Try with KIND Founder Daniel Lube…
AI Can Do Everything… Except This (Why Humans Still Win) With Restaurateur…
Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur
Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Mari…
Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Col…
The Confidence Conversation We Need to Have with Scott Galloway
28 Years on the Force: Chief Angela Averiett on What It Really Takes to Ch…
When Pop Fandom Becomes a Force for Good with AJR’s Adam Met
What Grit Really Teaches Us About Happiness with Professor Angela Duckworth
Matthew McConaughey on How to Fall Back in Love with Your Life
Revisited: Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt
Revisited: Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Ke…
Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins
Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle…
Revisited: Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with Happiness Expert …
A Bit of Optimism Will Return in the New Year
Prepare for the Life You’re Meant to Live With Chaplain John Fox
How Losing Everything Taught Her to Help Everyone: Joan Howard’s Story
A Rebel With a Cause (and a Cone) with Jeni’s Ice Cream Founder Jeni Britt…
The Culture That Converts Even the Biggest Cynics with former WD-40 CEO Ga…
Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with author Fredrik Backman
The Smartest Way To Be Stupid with comedian Matthew Broussard
The Man Who Proved Me Right with CEO Bob Chapman and the Barry-Wehmiller T…
Rob Lowe Names Names: The Power of ‘Screw It’
The Future You Avoid Is Riskier Than the One You Face with LinkedIn co-fou…
What Your Love Life Can Teach You About Work Relationships with psychother…
Your Instincts Know What You Want with Author Arthur Brooks
The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and …
Simon Goes Nuclear with nuclear energy influencer Isabelle Boemeke
The Brilliance of Boredom with creative polymath Elle Cordova
The Privilege of Bad Experiences with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim
The Business Case for Good Manners with etiquette coach William Hanson
Live Like You Have 2 Years Left with dancer and cancer survivor Angela Tri…
The Quiet Power of the Empathetic Leader with Navy SEAL turned rowing coac…
Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with happiness expert Mo Gawdat
We All Get Cancelled One Day with Somebody Feed Phil’s Phil Rosenthal
The Extraordinary Magic of Ordinary People with author Brad Meltzer
This Is... A Bit of Optimism
Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi
Revisited: Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride
Revisited: The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger
Where Is Simon Going? with journalist Cal Fussman
The Cure for Nihilism with professor Suzy Welch
(PART 2) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geogra…

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