Guaranteed Joy with Richard Curtis

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

There are precious few moments in life that guarantee joy. That’s what makes time spent with Richard Curtis or watching his films so special – you just know you’re in for a great time. Richard is the patron saint of love in the movies. He’s a writer and sometimes director known for optimistic, funny, and uplifting films like: Love Actually, About Time, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Mr. Bean, and many more. I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Richard on Valentine’s Day of all days to talk about love, joy, charity, and optimism. This is…A Bit of Optimism.

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0:00.0	If you've ever seen Love Actually, or Notting Hill, or About Time, or Mr. Bean, or Bridget
0:13.0	Jones' diary and a host of other films and TV shows, then you know Richard Curtis and
0:18.5	his work.
0:20.0	His work stands out from other comedies and rom-coms because it takes us away from the
0:26.0	difficulties and drudges of our lives and offers us a moment of guaranteed joy, and it's
0:32.4	in these moments of guaranteed joy that we find the inspiration to actually find happiness
0:38.3	and do good for others.
0:40.5	This is a bit of optimism.
0:50.1	Richard, thank you so much for doing this.
0:51.9	It's so good to talk to you.
0:53.6	I have to recognize, you know, we've been trying to schedule this for a while and there
0:56.8	have been some fits and starts, and that one day we're able to come together of all days
1:01.9	Valentine's Day with Richard Curtis.
1:04.2	I mean, you can't plan stuff like that.
1:06.8	What are the odds?
1:07.8	Well, it is a bit curious, but the truth of the matter is I'm not actually in real life
1:12.4	a particularly romantic person.
1:14.5	I so messed up the first 10 years of Valentine's Days with Emma.
1:19.3	We always ended up eating in a sort of Jules chicken takeaway rotisserie because I always
1:24.9	forget to book and everything that we now have a tradition that we have dinner the night
1:30.1	before on the 13th because all restaurants are un-booked because everyone's waiting for
1:35.6	the next day.
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