Chasing the Bright Side with Jess Ekstrom

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Optimism permits you to dream big. Today I am joined by Jess Ekstrom, founder and CEO of Headbands of Hope, an expert in optimism and the author of Chasing the Bright Side. Jess came on to share her realization that bad things can happen to anyone, and why, despite knowing this, she chooses to look at the bright side of life. She shares how you can choose to live in the fear of the unknown or live in the excitement of the possibilities of what could happen. She also dives into why she’d rather try and fail than to regret never trying, and why you should give yourself permission to take small steps toward your dreams.

What’s In This Episode:

Why Jess came to the realization that anything can happen

Deciding between the fear of the unknown or living in the excitement of possibility

Jess’s thoughts on why she’d rather fail than never try

Giving yourself permission to make the small steps toward your goals

Staying optimistic and Jess’s belief of what could happen if everything worked out

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Productivity Paradox with Tanya Dalton, a podcast focused on finding true happiness through productivity.
0:11.7	Season 12 is different for many she's done before with real conversations, with real women,
0:16.7	applying strategies and concepts explored in the joy of missing out.
0:20.6	This season, you'll learn how to live more by doing less.
0:24.5	And now, here's your host, Tanya Dalton.
0:28.5	Hello, hello, everyone.
0:30.2	Welcome to Productivity Paradox.
0:32.2	I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, and this is episode 147.
0:42.2	This season is all about the joy of missing out. And speaking of the book, just want to give you a quick reminder before we dive into today's episode that we're
0:47.3	going to have our second live book club today. So if you're listening to this episode, the day that
0:52.9	it drops, join us today. I would love
0:55.9	to have you there. Go to joyofmissingout.com slash book club for information on how you can join in
1:02.9	on the conversation. And if you're listening to this afterwards, go ahead and go to the link so you
1:07.5	don't miss out on the other episodes. I'll also be sure to have the replays
1:11.6	available for you. So if you can't join live, I still would love for you to be a part of that
1:16.3	conversation. So as I mentioned, this season is all about the joy of missing out. And a
1:22.6	conversation about joy would never be complete without talking about its best friend, optimism.
1:29.7	And that's what I want us to talk about today. My guest on today's episode is Jess Ekstrom,
1:35.2	and she is an expert on chasing the bright side, looking at optimism through a new lens
1:41.4	and really seeing how that gets us to success. So today isn't really a
1:46.1	call-in style, it's more of a guest expert, which I'm really excited about because you will
1:51.5	absolutely love Jess. She's an amazing woman. She's the founder and CEO of Headbands of Hope.
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