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A Bit of Optimism

Finding your Tribe with Amy Cuddy

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We all want to feel like we belong. We feel safe surrounded by people who see the world the way we see it. This is why we all have to find our tribe. Social psychologist and award winning Harvard professor, Amy Cuddy, certainly found hers - The Grateful Dead.  So I sat down with this lifelong Deadhead to talk about the value of finding your tribe. This is … A Bit of Optimism. YouTube: http://youtube.com/simonsinek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simonsinek Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/simonsinek/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/simonsinek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonsinek Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/officialsimonsinek/

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0:00.0

It's a basic human need. We all want to feel like we belong. This is what a tribe means. The company has become

0:16.5

the modern day tribe, but we don't always feel like we belong at work. I learn my

0:21.9

best lessons by looking at extreme cases. It's why I like the military, because

0:25.9

the stakes are life and death. All of the lessons are easy to see. So what's an extreme

0:30.9

version of tribe?

0:32.8

The Grateful Dead.

0:34.4

Dead Heads.

0:35.9

And you know who's an amazing person to talk about it?

0:39.0

Social psychologist and award-winning Harvard professor Amy Cutty.

0:43.5

I didn't even know she was a deadhead,

0:45.3

but she's followed them for years.

0:47.7

So we got together and talked about

0:50.0

what it means to feel like we belong.

0:52.8

This is a bit of optimism.

0:57.0

Thanks for doing this.

1:01.6

Thanks for having me. It's my pleasure.

1:03.0

It's nice to see you.

1:04.0

You too.

1:05.0

The thing that I wanted to talk to you about is a topic you and I have never talked about,

1:08.0

and I think a lot of people don't actually know about you,

1:11.0

which is you are a deadhead.

1:13.4

I am the deadhead, a very proud deadhead, as you can see here.

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