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A Bit of Optimism

Simon Sinek

My career is an accident. It started when I set out to rediscover my passion and reignite a spark I’d lost — and that journey led me to the work I do now.If you know me from my books or my speaking, you know I’m fascinated by why people do…

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Revisited: The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis 2026-10-20 · 61m Open
Revisited: Why Relationships Are the Secret to a Long, Happy Life with Psychotherapist Esther Perel 2026-10-13 · 62m Open
Revisited: Your Instincts Know What You Want with Happiness Expert Arthur Brooks 2026-10-06 · 56m Open
Revisited: The Power of Saying "Screw It" with Rob Lowe 2026-09-29 · 62m Open
What Mentally Strong People Do on Their Worst Days with Psychotherapist Amy Morin 2026-09-22 · 62m Open
The Dating Advice Making Us Worse at Love with Relationship Expert Amy Chan 2026-09-15 · 50m Open
Why Trying to “Sound Smart” is Losing You the Room with Strategic Story Producer Rob Willis 2026-09-08 · 47m Open
Your Limits Are Learned (And They Can Be Unlearned) with Brain Coach Jim Kwik 2026-09-01 · 51m Open
How to Trust Yourself When Everyone Has an Opinion with Love Thy Nader's Mary Holland Nader 2026-08-25 · 58m Open
What Happens When You Bet on Yourself with Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt 2026-08-18 · 61m Open
How to Say the Hard Thing and Keep the Relationship | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 5 2026-08-11 · 46m Open
Why Being Right Is Costing You Trust | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 4 2026-08-04 · 53m Open
What Is Your Team Afraid to Tell You? | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 3 2026-07-28 · 58m Open
The Secret to Better Conversations Isn't Talking | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 2 2026-07-21 · 49m Open
The Hidden Cost of Always Saying Yes | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 1 2026-07-14 · 58m Open
Why We Fall for the Wrong Person with Couples Therapist Dr. Harville Hendrix 2026-07-07 · 54m Open
How to Tell If Fear Is Protecting You or Holding You Back with Extreme Athlete Nelly Attar 2026-06-30 · 51m Open
Remembering Bob Chapman: The Mentor Who Changed My Life 2026-06-23 · 52m Open
The AI Skills Nobody is Teaching (And Everyone Needs) with AI Expert Ethan Mollick 2026-06-16 · 59m Open
How to Stop Letting Your Own Thoughts Make You Sick, Stressed, and Stuck with Dr. Ellen Langer 2026-06-09 · 57m Open
What Happens When You Stop Optimizing and Start Committing with Former LA Lakers President Tim Harris 2026-06-02 · 57m Open
Revisited: Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with Author Fredrik Backman 2026-05-26 · 58m Open
How to Stop Being Socially Awkward (According to Science) with Behavioral Scientist Vanessa Van Edwards 2026-05-19 · 59m Open
Stop Telling Us Everything Happens for a Reason with Anti-Victim Tom Nash 2026-05-12 · 62m Open
The Real Reason You Feel Empty (Even When Life Looks Good) with Musician Mike Posner 2026-05-05 · 53m Open
The Real Reason Young People Don't Have 'The Hunger' for Work (And What Leaders Need to Hear) with Generations Expert Dr. Eliza Filby 2026-04-28 · 64m Open
The Leadership Advice Nobody Follows (But Everyone Should) with Top Leadership Expert Don Yaeger 2026-04-21 · 55m Open
Why This Baseball Team Has a 4.2 Million Person Waitlist With Savannah Bananas Founder Jesse Cole 2026-04-14 · 66m Open
Ken Burns and the Art of Telling the Whole Story 2026-04-07 · 54m Open
What Happens When You’re Naive Enough to Try with KIND Founder Daniel Lubetzky 2026-03-31 · 55m Open
AI Can Do Everything… Except This (Why Humans Still Win) With Restaurateur Will Guidara 2026-03-24 · 66m Open
Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur 2026-03-17 · 45m Open
Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Maria Shriver 2026-03-10 · 44m Open
Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier 2026-03-03 · 59m Open
The Confidence Conversation We Need to Have with Scott Galloway 2026-02-24 · 55m Open
28 Years on the Force: Chief Angela Averiett on What It Really Takes to Change Police Culture 2026-02-16 · 65m Open
When Pop Fandom Becomes a Force for Good with AJR’s Adam Met 2026-02-10 · 61m Open
What Grit Really Teaches Us About Happiness with Professor Angela Duckworth 2026-02-03 · 56m Open
Matthew McConaughey on How to Fall Back in Love with Your Life 2026-01-27 · 59m Open
Revisited: Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt 2026-01-20 · 56m Open
Revisited: Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy 2026-01-13 · 44m Open
Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins 2026-01-06 · 57m Open
Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle Cordova 2025-12-30 · 63m Open
A Bit of Optimism Will Return in the New Year 2025-12-23 · 3m Open
Revisited: Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with Happiness Expert Mo Gawdat 2025-12-23 · 91m Open
Prepare for the Life You’re Meant to Live With Chaplain John Fox 2025-12-16 · 68m Open
How Losing Everything Taught Her to Help Everyone: Joan Howard’s Story 2025-12-09 · 51m Open
A Rebel With a Cause (and a Cone) with Jeni’s Ice Cream Founder Jeni Britton 2025-12-02 · 53m Open
The Culture That Converts Even the Biggest Cynics with former WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge 2025-11-25 · 57m Open
Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with author Fredrik Backman 2025-11-18 · 58m Open
The Smartest Way To Be Stupid with comedian Matthew Broussard 2025-11-11 · 65m Open
The Man Who Proved Me Right with CEO Bob Chapman and the Barry-Wehmiller Team 2025-11-04 · 72m Open
Rob Lowe Names Names: The Power of ‘Screw It’ 2025-09-23 · 62m Open
The Future You Avoid Is Riskier Than the One You Face with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman 2025-09-16 · 67m Open
What Your Love Life Can Teach You About Work Relationships with psychotherapist Esther Perel 2025-09-09 · 62m Open
Your Instincts Know What You Want with Author Arthur Brooks 2025-09-02 · 56m Open
The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis 2025-08-26 · 61m Open
Simon Goes Nuclear with nuclear energy influencer Isabelle Boemeke 2025-08-19 · 66m Open
The Brilliance of Boredom with creative polymath Elle Cordova 2025-08-12 · 65m Open
The Privilege of Bad Experiences with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim 2025-08-05 · 26m Open
The Business Case for Good Manners with etiquette coach William Hanson 2025-07-15 · 55m Open
Live Like You Have 2 Years Left with dancer and cancer survivor Angela Trimbur 2025-07-08 · 54m Open
The Quiet Power of the Empathetic Leader with Navy SEAL turned rowing coach Gordon Schmidt 2025-07-01 · 70m Open
Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with happiness expert Mo Gawdat 2025-06-24 · 93m Open
We All Get Cancelled One Day with Somebody Feed Phil’s Phil Rosenthal 2025-06-17 · 68m Open
The Extraordinary Magic of Ordinary People with author Brad Meltzer 2025-06-10 · 53m Open
This Is... A Bit of Optimism 2025-06-03 · 1m Open
Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi 2025-06-03 · 48m Open
Revisited: Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride 2025-05-27 · 48m Open
Revisited: The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger 2025-05-20 · 46m Open
Where Is Simon Going? with journalist Cal Fussman 2025-05-13 · 50m Open
The Cure for Nihilism with professor Suzy Welch 2025-05-06 · 35m Open
(PART 2) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards 2025-04-29 · 40m Open
(PART 1) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards 2025-04-22 · 47m Open
Find Your Allies Fast with philanthropist Melinda French Gates 2025-04-15 · 39m Open
Who Are You, Really? with journalist Maria Shriver 2025-04-08 · 42m Open
The Search for Self-Love with podcaster Lewis Howes 2025-04-01 · 51m Open
Find Your Allies Fast with philanthropist Melinda French Gates 2025-03-25 · 39m
Revisited: Why Awkward Is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro 2025-03-25 · 32m Open
Does Gender Change How We Lead? with Retired Colonel DeDe Halfhill 2025-03-18 · 41m Open
The Myth of the Perfect Meditator with podcaster Jay Shetty 2025-03-11 · 50m
When Your 'Flaw' Becomes Your Edge with Comedian Hasan Minhaj 2025-03-04 · 45m
Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams with Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink 2025-02-25 · 42m
A Sweet Conversation About Dying with Death Doula Alua Arthur 2025-02-18 · 45m
The Secret Art of Micromanagement with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky 2025-02-11 · 44m
You Are More Like Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier Than You Think 2025-02-04 · 58m
Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy 2025-01-28 · 43m
Spite Is The Greatest Motivator with Watch Duty founder John Mills 2025-01-21 · 39m
The First Steps to Reducing Your Anxiety with author Mel Robbins 2025-01-14 · 55m
The Cure for Loneliness with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy 2025-01-07 · 47m
Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt 2024-12-17 · 57m
Should You Work With Your Friends? with my friend Will Guidara 2024-12-10 · 49m
The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger 2024-12-03 · 46m
The First Steps to Find Love with Matthew Hussey 2024-11-26 · 49m
Dr. Mark Hyman: To Live Longer You Need... 2024-11-19 · 48m
Alexis Ohanian: Why I Left Reddit and Why Greed Can Inspire Good 2024-11-12 · 64m
What can we learn from a rural school in Kenya? with principal Carol Moraa 2024-11-05 · 40m
Peace Is A Process with negotiation expert William Ury 2024-10-29 · 42m
Creating Astonishment with Chicago Bears CEO Kevin Warren 2024-10-22 · 56m
A Lifetime of Leadership with President Joe Biden 2024-10-15 · 33m
Revisited: How To Be A Friend with chef and entrepreneur Christina Tosi 2024-10-08 · 39m
Revisited: Molly's Game with Molly Bloom 2024-10-01 · 50m
Revisited: We Cannot Heal Alone In The Loneliness Epidemic with Rabbi Sharon Brous 2024-09-17 · 34m
Confident Ignorance with rapper, novelist, and filmmaker Logic 2024-09-17 · 60m
Wealth Is Togetherness with community organizer Kennedy Odede 2024-09-10 · 36m
Landing Moonshots with Google's Innovation Chief Dr. Astro Teller 2024-09-03 · 45m
Creativity Is Connection with poet IN-Q 2024-08-06 · 38m
The Smell of Memory with scent designer Dawn Goldworm 2024-07-30 · 45m
Mastery is an Infinite Game with performance psychologist Mike Gervais 2024-07-23 · 42m
Breaking Tradition with cellist Anastasia Kobekina 2024-07-16 · 38m
How to Breathe Out Fear with freediver Li Karlsen 2024-07-09 · 47m
More Thinking About Thinking with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part Two 2024-07-02 · 38m
Thinking About Thinking with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part One 2024-06-25 · 43m
The War On The Young with Professor Scott Galloway 2024-06-18 · 62m
Moral Courage with Diane Foley, mother of executed journalist James Foley 2024-06-11 · 31m
Humble Confidence with veteran and entrepreneur Blake Hall 2024-06-04 · 28m
The Ultimate Infinite-Minded CEO with Trek Bicycle CEO John Burke 2024-05-28 · 25m
Be Necessary with war journalist Sebastian Junger 2024-05-21 · 32m
Invention is Reinvention with entrepreneur Eric Ryan 2024-05-14 · 34m
The Definition of Success with author Neil Strauss 2024-05-07 · 33m
Happily Friended with author Rhaina Cohen 2024-04-30 · 25m
How To Eat with Glucose Goddess Jessie Inchauspé 2024-04-23 · 35m
Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride 2024-04-16 · 48m
We Cannot Heal Alone with Rabbi Sharon Brous 2024-04-09 · 35m
Ideas That Stick with advertising legend Lee Clow 2024-04-02 · 39m
The Anxious Generation with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt 2024-03-26 · 36m
How to Live to 100 with Blue Zones explorer Dan Buettner 2024-03-19 · 42m
Going To Mars with NASA director Laurie Leshin 2024-03-12 · 38m
Four Years in Solitary Confinement with political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez 2024-03-05 · 44m
Redemption with charity founder Scott Harrison 2024-02-27 · 42m
Supercommunicators with journalist Charles Duhigg 2024-02-20 · 28m
Community Starts at Home with author Alexandra Hudson 2024-02-13 · 21m
How To Be A Friend with chef Christina Tosi 2024-02-06 · 40m
Why Awkward is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro 2024-01-30 · 32m
A Theory of Everyone with behavioral researcher Dr. Michael Muthukrishna 2024-01-23 · 35m
Atomic Habits with author James Clear 2024-01-16 · 33m
Excellence with Silicon Valley Legend Jackie Reses 2024-01-09 · 35m
Imperfections, Nuance, and Humanity with comedian Alex Edelman 2023-12-19 · 34m
Drive with professional racer Danica Patrick 2023-12-12 · 33m
The Value of Values with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon 2023-12-05 · 29m
A Curious Mind with movie producer Brian Grazer 2023-11-28 · 30m
Talking to Animals with A.I. ethicist Aza Raskin 2023-11-21 · 40m
A New Paradigm for Trust with entrepreneur Yat Siu 2023-11-14 · 31m
Humanize with designer Thomas Heatherwick 2023-11-07 · 39m
Teammateship with NBA champion Shane Battier 2023-10-31 · 31m
The Future of Leadership with educator Elizabeth English 2023-10-24 · 46m
Remember Love with the poet Cleo Wade 2023-10-17 · 30m
Purpose over Profit with Thrive Causemetics CEO Karissa Bodnar 2023-10-10 · 32m
Beautiful Conflict with the poet Yung Pueblo 2023-10-03 · 44m
Power with author Robert Greene 2023-09-26 · 38m
Failing Well with professor of leadership Dr. Amy Edmondson 2023-09-19 · 32m
Happier-ness with author Arthur Brooks 2023-09-12 · 43m
Intuition vs. Reason with poker champion Liv Boeree 2023-09-05 · 50m
When to Quit with Steven Bartlett (Part 2) 2023-08-29 · 34m
Sweating the Small Stuff with Steven Bartlett (Part 1) 2023-08-22 · 46m
Community and Empowerment with Sharmadean Reid 2023-08-15 · 35m
The Book of Charlie with David Von Drehle 2023-08-08 · 29m
Leadership with General CQ Brown, Jr. 2023-07-04 · 43m
Preparing for Change with Cassandra Worthy 2023-06-27 · 31m
Trust with Jimmy Wales 2023-06-20 · 39m
Life Worth Living with Miroslav Volf 2023-06-13 · 31m
Determination with Steven Pressfield 2023-06-06 · 32m
Rewarding Kindness with Jimmy Darts 2023-05-30 · 25m
Love Without Judgment with Ana Kirova 2023-05-23 · 34m
The Soul of an Idea with David Copperfield 2023-05-16 · 30m
Molly's Game with Molly Bloom 2023-05-09 · 50m
The Courage of Compassion with Robin Steinberg 2023-04-04 · 44m
A Goofy Episode with Bill Farmer 2023-03-28 · 26m
Insane Vacations with Mike Reiss 2023-03-21 · 36m
Down A Rabbit Hole with Seth Godin 2023-03-14 · 35m
How To Be An Entrepreneur with Jeff Rosenthal 2023-03-07 · 34m
The Wisdom of Anxiety with Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary 2023-02-28 · 34m
Guaranteed Joy with Richard Curtis 2023-02-21 · 33m
Exploration with Leland Melvin 2023-02-14 · 33m
Taking Comfortable Risks with Scott Galloway 2023-02-07 · 39m
Digging Up the Past with Sarah Parcak 2023-01-31 · 39m
High Performance with Divesh Makan 2023-01-24 · 46m
Embracing The Fall with Carla Hall 2023-01-17 · 38m
Gen Z in the Workplace with Jonah and David Stillman 2023-01-10 · 27m
Ask Simon Anything: Part Two 2023-01-03 · 21m
Ask Simon Anything: Part One 2022-12-27 · 23m
Two Bits of Optimism with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part Two 2022-12-20 · 27m
Two Bits of Optimism with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: Part One 2022-12-13 · 38m
Being Yourself with Kathryn Finney 2022-12-06 · 23m
Live A Long, Happy Life with physician Mark Hyman 2022-11-29 · 42m
Live A Long, Happy Life with Mark Hyman 2022-11-29 · 48m
The Value of Interruptions with Janis Burl 2022-11-22 · 23m
The Sweet Bitter with Susan Cain 2022-11-15 · 25m
Kindness with James Rhee 2022-11-08 · 19m
How To Be An Optimist with Pat Berges 2022-11-01 · 27m
The Labor of Love with Francesca Hogi 2022-10-25 · 33m
Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara 2022-10-18 · 33m
Partnering with Jean Oelwang 2022-03-08 · 22m
Vulnerability and Redemption with Adrian Grenier 2022-03-01 · 24m
Obscure Presidential History with Jeremy Deutsch 2022-02-22 · 25m
Happiness with Arthur Brooks 2022-02-15 · 30m
Giving What You Have with Mark Bustos 2022-02-08 · 19m
Giving A Sh*t with Phoebe Robinson 2022-02-01 · 30m
My True Crime Episode with David Mittelman 2022-01-25 · 28m
Rebuilding Community with Luma Mufleh 2022-01-18 · 29m
No More Lonely Friends with Marissa Meizz 2022-01-11 · 22m
Resolving Conflict with William Ury 2022-01-04 · 37m
Gratitude with Omar Brownson 2021-12-28 · 31m
Setting Boundaries with Sara Kuburic 2021-12-21 · 29m
Being Rich with Ron Finley 2021-12-14 · 29m
Hope with Shamma Al Mazrui 2021-12-07 · 33m
The Asymmetry of Power with Tristan Harris 2021-11-30 · 22m
Family with Ari Emanuel 2021-11-23 · 24m
Enchantment with Chloe Valdary 2021-06-29 · 36m
The Value of Failing with Suneel Gupta 2021-06-22 · 34m
Awesome Responsibility with Kyle Carpenter 2021-06-15 · 42m
Raising Resilient Kids with Angela Duckworth 2021-06-08 · 30m
Learning to Love with Tim Shriver 2021-06-01 · 32m
Thinking Differently with Matthew Barzun 2021-05-25 · 39m
Having a Laugh with Michael McIntyre 2021-05-18 · 28m
Respect with Nicole Avant 2021-05-11 · 33m
Designing the Future with Brian Collins 2021-05-04 · 33m
Confidence with Sara Blakely 2021-04-27 · 26m
Vulnerability with Brigadier General Michael “Johnny Bravo” Drowley 2021-04-20 · 32m
The One With Brené Brown 2021-04-13 · 53m
Faith with Quilen Blackwell 2021-01-12 · 37m
A Tension Deficit with James Harding 2021-01-05 · 35m
The Infinite Game with Dr. James Carse 2020-12-29 · 30m
Happying with Derren Brown 2020-12-22 · 22m
Conversion with Ric Elias 2020-12-15 · 28m
Generosity with Ann Marie Scichili 2020-12-08 · 24m
Joy with Marco Bizzarri 2020-12-01 · 28m
Fight with Love, Fight for Love with Aloe Blacc 2020-11-24 · 29m
Finding your Tribe with Amy Cuddy 2020-11-17 · 23m
A Bit of Everything with Adam Grant 2020-11-10 · 52m
Moving Forward with my sister Sara 2020-09-14 · 24m
A Lot of Optimism (Or The One Where I Met Andy Grammer) 2020-09-07 · 25m
Ethical Fading with Lenny Wong 2020-08-31 · 34m
Second Chances with Bruce Deel 2020-08-24 · 25m
Challenging Authority with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss 2020-08-17 · 37m
Extreme Listening with Deeyah Khan 2020-08-10 · 52m
Quiet Service with General Stan McChrystal 2020-08-03 · 28m
Courage with Guy Raz 2020-07-27 · 49m
Gratitude with Carolyn Adams 2020-07-20 · 24m
Shades of Grey with Jenna Arnold 2020-07-13 · 26m
Entrepreneurship with Helene and Seth Godin 2020-07-06 · 35m
Leadership with Bob Chapman 2020-06-29 · 30m
Service with Maria Shriver 2020-06-22 · 36m
How To Have Difficult Conversations with David Harris 2020-06-15 · 27m
Hope with Curtis Martin 2020-06-08 · 39m
Relationships with Christina Tosi and Will Guidara 2020-06-01 · 36m
This is... A Bit of Optimism 2020-05-26 · 1m
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