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A Bit of Optimism: Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi

<p>What if this podcast turned into a baking show?<br /><br />For Christina Tosi’s third visit to A Bit of Optimism, we decided to find out. So we headed to Milk Bar to make compost cookies from things in my own pantry and my favorite beer bread from scratch! <br /><br />Christina’s not just my best friend—she’s the founder of Milk Bar, host of Bake Squad on Netflix, a cookbook author, and a fan favorite on this podcast. She lives by one simple question: what if?<br /><br />In this experimental episode, we dug into some big...

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A Bit of Optimism: Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle Cordova

<p>Team Simon is revisiting some of the episodes you helped make our favorites of the year until A Bit of Optimism returns on January 27, 2026, with brand-new episodes.</p><p>We’re rewinding back to August, when talented polymath Elle Cordova joined the show and unpacked how we’re all wired to chase the next spark. We scroll, swipe, refresh, and repeat—but some of our brightest ideas sneak in when we stop chasing, let boredom settle in, and give our minds room to wander.</p><p>Elle knows the power of that pause. When the pandemic hit pause on her li...

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A Bit of Optimism: Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins

<p>Happy New Year from Team Simon! We’re so excited to bring you more new episodes of A Bit of Optimism when we return on January 27, 2026. With your support, we’ll make 2026 an incredible year together. In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes from last year.</p><p>We kicked off 2025 with a guest most podcast enthusiasts probably have heard of—Mel Robbins. This insightful conversation answers an important question: how do we push through the days where life can feel overwhelming? Especially when we're too drained to even get out of bed.</p><p>For Mel...

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A Bit of Optimism: Revisited: Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt

<p>Hello from Team Simon! We’ll be back next week—January 27, 2026—with brand-new episodes of A Bit of Optimism. We’re excited to bring you new guests, conversations, and opportunities to learn.</p><p>Until then, we’re diving back into the archives to revisit one of our favorite episodes from 2024, when comedian Trevor Noah joined the show… to get as serious as possible.</p><p>Most Americans know Trevor as the former host of The Daily Show, a bestselling author, and a stand-up comedian. But his brand of humor isn’t just a barrel of laughs— it’s raw, witty, though...

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A Bit of Optimism: Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier

<p>Team Simon here! As we take a short hiatus, A Bit of Optimism will return with brand-new episodes on March 24, 2026. Until then, we’re revisiting some of the conversations you loved and we still think about long after the microphones turned off.</p> <p>This week, we’re rewinding to Simon’s conversation with the wildly creative and endlessly curious Jacob Collier.</p> <p>To create something truly original, do we build something new or break what came before? Perhaps the answer is both—simultaneously. </p> <p>Jacob Collier does exactly that. A songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grammy Award winner, Jacob has...

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A Bit of Optimism: Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Maria Shriver

<p>Hello from Team Simon! We’re taking a short hiatus, but A Bit of Optimism will return with brand-new episodes March 24th. In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes. Episodes that many of you who listened, shared them, and told us what resonated.</p> <p>This week, we’re bringing back Simon’s conversation with journalist, author, and longtime friend Maria Shriver.</p> <p>Maria Shriver was born into the legendary Kennedy and Shriver families, arriving with a script already written for her—an identity shaped by legacy and expectation. From the start, the world had ideas...

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A Bit of Optimism: Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur

<p>Team Simon here! While A Bit of Optimism is on a short break, we’re revisiting a few episodes you helped make some of our favorites. We’ll be back with brand-new conversations next week, on March 24th, 2026. In the meantime, we’re bringing back an episode that explores a word most people like to avoid: death.</p> <p>We dance around the subject or use vague euphemisms to not hurt anybody. But what if being open about our deaths meant we could live happier lives?</p> <p>That’s where Alua Arthur comes in. Alua is one of the most...

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Simon Sinek

A Short Summary of "Start With Why" by Simon Sinek ... Why is Apple Inc. so innovative? With the same acesss to the same resources as Samsung, why does Apple ...

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Simon Sinek's Blog, page 2 - Goodreads

Simon Sinek has often said something to the effect that if you want change, you can either stand outside the city wall and throw rocks at it, or ...

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Simon Sinek | The Optimism Company

Inspiring leaders to inspire others. Keynotes, workshops, courses, and leadership experiences from Simon Sinek's Optimism Company.