A Lifetime of Leadership with President Joe Biden

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Leadership is deeply personal. As people change, the way they lead has to change, too. Few leaders have navigated as much change as Joe Biden. He was elected to the Senate at 29 and will end his time as President at 82. The number of things he has witnessed and been a part of over the course of his career is remarkable. His journey has been shaped by unlikely friendships and profound personal loss.

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0:00.0	I really appreciate you taking the time.
0:02.0	My staff is crazy about you, man.
0:05.0	There's no such thing as an expert leader.
0:10.0	The best leaders I have ever met are students of leadership.
0:13.4	And though I've written books on the subject,
0:15.1	I'm constantly learning from those who know more than me,
0:18.0	which is why I'm so excited to sit down with somebody
0:20.3	with over 50 years of leadership experience. I'm proud to sit down with
0:23.9	President Joe Biden to hear his thoughts on leadership, inspiration, and what
0:28.4	helps us get out of bed in the morning. This is a bit of optimism.
0:32.3	Mr President, thank you so much. This is a bit of optimism.
0:33.0	Mr President, thank you so much.
0:35.0	This is such a treat for me.
0:36.0	As a student of leadership to sit down with somebody who,
0:39.0	I mean, whether you know it or not,
0:41.0	you've studied leadership for you know most of your life and so I want to start with a question that's rather timely if I may
0:50.0	My 13 year old nephew Jacob is running for class president today, actually.
0:55.8	And so I was wondering if you have any words of advice for young leaders on what he should
1:00.0	expect should he win the election that he's running for?
1:03.0	He should expect to have to do what he said he's going to do.
1:07.0	Look, I remember the, I used to stutter when I was a kid,
1:12.0	but I was always sort of the leader of the pack and my gang and I was elected class president in grade school and high school.
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