The Optimism Advantage: How to See the Future Differently

09/27/24 • 46 min

We live in a world of information abundance, if you want to believe something you can almost always find evidence for it. Being optimistic then is an active practice, it’s about cultivating tools, mental models, and practices to see the positive in the world.
In this episode of Hopepunk, we’ll give you a toolkit to transform your thinking and become more optimistic.
If you leave this episode feeling a little more optimistic, we simply ask that you share it with someone else who could benefit from more optimism in their life.
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Hopepunk - The Optimism Advantage: How to See the Future Differently

Transcript

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When you train your brain to act a certain way , to really focus on what's one thing I can be optimistic about every day . If you did that , I guarantee over time it'll be easier and easier and easier to be optimistic , until it's practically the default . And so the key thing is , if you want to experience a state more , put yourself in that state more . The amount of effort