822 Optimism is a Superpower

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.8 • 22K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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LIFE IS GOOD. Being an optimist instead of a pessimist is a choice. You can wake up each day and focus on what’s wrong. Or you can choose to be grateful. Whatever you focus on grows. So if you are spending your time on things that make you unhappy, they will take over. But if you can cultivate gratitude, simplicity, and optimism, that’s what your life will become. Choose happiness. For this Five Minute Friday, I revisited a conversation I had with Bert Jacobs, founder of the Life is Good Company, where he shared a few of his ten Superpowers that are surprisingly simple and timeless. Bert has appeared on CNN’s Tips from the Top, CNBC’s Business Nation, and The Donny Deutch Show. Life Is Good has been featured in the New York Times, on the cover of Inc Magazine, and on NBC’s The Today Show. Bert is the second youngest of six siblings from Needham, MA. He credits his mother with teaching his brother and him to face the bumps in the road with a smile. The Jacobs brothers see simplicity, humility, and a sense of humor as the three keys to Life is good’s continued success. Learn how to live a good life the same way your grandfather and your grandfather’s father did in Episode 822. “Optimism is a choice.” - @LifeIsGood In This Episode You Will Learn: Why optimism is a choice (1:00) How openness is a superpower (1:30) What selling “Life is Good” t-shirts taught Bert (2:00) About the tools for living a fulfilling life (3:00) For videos, show notes, and more visit: http://www.lewishowes.com/822 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes

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0:00.0	This is 5 Minute Friday!
0:05.6	Welcome everyone to the podcast.
0:12.6	Thank you so much for joining me today.
0:14.1	My name is Lewis Hous.
0:15.3	I am your host and we've got an incredible guest.
0:18.4	His name is Bert Jacobs.
0:20.2	He is the chief executive optimist of the company Life Is Good.
0:24.6	He and his brother John began designing and selling t-shirts in the street in 1989 by
0:29.8	converting an old van and sold t-shirts dorm to dorm.
0:33.9	They founded Life Is Good Together in 1994.
0:36.5	Their company has since become an internationally recognized lifestyle brand available in thousands
0:41.5	of retail locations worldwide.
0:44.1	They focus on guiding the company vision, creating inspiring content and growing a healthy
0:49.1	business all while helping kids overcome poverty, violence and severe medical challenges.
1:00.8	The word superpower is kind of tongue in cheek.
1:04.4	The whole idea behind Life Is Good is that optimism is a choice.
1:10.5	Everybody wakes up in the morning and they can decide to focus on what's wrong with
1:13.5	their life or what's right with their life.
1:16.1	Whatever you choose is likely going to be what grows.
1:19.0	You really want to pour your resources into a list of things that are wrong with your
1:22.7	life or a list of things that are going to go wrong because that's what pessimism
1:26.8	is.
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