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Sep 2020
25m 13s

A Lot of Optimism (Or The One Where I Me...

SIMON SINEK
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Where does optimism come from? I think it comes from an innate sense that the future is bright. Andy Grammer, an incurable optimist, thinks it starts with pain. I love his point of view. This is not a Bit of Optimism. This is… A Lot of Optimism.

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