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A Bit of Optimism

High Performance with Divesh Makan

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Divesh is one of the most connected people I know. Charming and opinionated, he advises and invests the fortunes of the most successful and wealthiest people on the planet. So I wanted to ask him what he's learned along the way and what we can learn from him. This is... A Bit of Optimism.

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0:00.0

If we want advice on how to build a company or lead an organization or do big things, we

0:12.4

will read interviews or watch videos from the Titans of Industry and Leaders of Government.

0:17.1

We will turn to those who have already done it.

0:20.3

The question is, who do they turn to when they need advice and they're trying to figure

0:25.1

out their problems?

0:26.8

Well, they turn to Devesh Mackin.

0:29.0

Devesh is the founder of Iconic Capital, a wealth management and investment company with

0:34.4

over $80 billion under management.

0:37.5

And his clients are some of the richest, most powerful people in the world.

0:41.6

So I sat down with Devesh to find out the kind of advice he gives, the things he has learned

0:47.0

from these remarkable high-performing human beings, and most important, what we can learn

0:52.2

from him.

0:53.6

And the result is surprisingly human.

0:57.1

This is a bit of optimism.

1:02.5

To be frank, the reason I wanted to talk to you is because I absolutely love the way

1:09.9

you view the world.

1:11.0

And every time I talk to you, I learn something new, quite frankly, about how I should view

1:17.3

the world.

1:18.3

I just want to go on a journey with you and pick your brain about all kinds of random

1:22.9

subjects that may or may not be connected.

1:24.9

Now Simon, I love that.

1:26.7

I will tell you, one of my joys, especially of last year when you and I got to spend lots

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