Find Your Allies Fast with philanthropist Melinda French Gates

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Change happens to all of us whether we choose it or not. What’s the best way to go through transition, especially when it’s something we didn’t want?

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0:00.0	Leading through uncertainty is one of the hardest things anyone can do.
0:05.2	And that's why Simon's hosting a live Q&A on April 22nd in the Optimism Library on
0:10.4	SimonCinnick.com to talk through those challenges and answer your questions directly.
0:16.1	If you would like to join, click the link in the show notes below and sign up.
0:19.9	Plus, we're giving our podcast
0:21.5	listeners 30% off their subscription to the Optimism Library. Just use the code Pod30 at checkout.
0:28.8	That's POD30. See you there.
0:34.7	One of the reasons we make decisions out of fear is I don't want to be uncomfortable.
0:38.4	Totally. Nobody wants to be uncomfortable.
0:41.3	Like people stay in bad relationships for fear of just not having a relationship.
0:45.6	Oh, that's definitely true. I've seen a lot of that.
0:50.1	Every single one of us has gone through some sort of difficult transition.
0:54.5	Whether we lost a job by our choice or theirs, whether we moved somewhere new by our choice or the choice of someone else,
1:01.0	we often feel lost and powerless, and sometimes it challenges our very identity.
1:06.5	And that's exactly what happened to Melinda French Gates.
1:10.1	She has gone through transition after
1:12.0	transition, and some of them were pretty damn big. You may know Melinda from her work with the Gates
1:18.1	Foundation. She's the author of a new book called The Next Day, and she explores what transition
1:24.3	means. And it turns out in these times of feeling powerless,
1:27.9	we actually have more control than we think we do
1:30.7	because we can control who we surround ourselves with
1:34.5	as we go through the transition.
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