This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 896.

Hope plus action equals win by Steve Cam of NerdFitness.com and I'm just a mollick.

Happy Friday if you're listening in real time and welcome back or welcome for the first time

if you're new here. This is where I simply narrate blogs for you, usually sometimes books,

all with permission from the websites. Today's author being Steve Cam of Nerd Fitness.

So now let's get right to the post as we optimize your life.

Hope plus action equals win by Steve Cam of NerdFitness.com.

Quote. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

It's no secret that the Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie of all time.

It's filled with unforgettable quotes, an inspiring story, and an ending that makes me tear up

every time. The movie has changed my life. Now don't worry if you've never seen the movie,

but shame on you go rented immediately. You'll still learn a lesson or two from this article.

I was emailing back and forth the other day with David of Roke Destiny.com and the topic of Hope

came up. David remarked that I was selling hope with my Rebel Fitness Guide and NerdFitness in general.

The hope for a better tomorrow was stronger heart, a smaller waistline, and a more enjoyable

existence. I realized that David was absolutely right. My articles might be about learning how to

squat, how to be more confident, or life lessons we can learn from Star Wars, but deep down each

article is really about hope. Hope for stronger legs, more confidence, and a better life, respectively.

Hope is one of the most important emotions a person can possess.

Victor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor and author of the famous A Man Search for Meaning,

remarked, quote, the prisoner who had lost faith in the future, his future, was doomed.

I believe as Nietzsche who said, he who has a why can endure any how. Hope gets us out of bed in the

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