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A Bit of Optimism

Learning to Love with Tim Shriver

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Most people know him as a disability rights activist, chairman of the Special Olympics or for his book The Call to Unite. But when we talked, our conversation took a turn. We ended up talking about what it means to learn to love. And it was wonderful. This is ... A Bit of Optimism.

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0:00.0

A lot of people know Tim Schreiber as a disability rights activist, the chairman of the Special

0:12.2

Olympics, and the author of the call to unite.

0:16.4

I know Tim as a brand new grandfather.

0:19.8

We got together and talked about what it's like to see his daughter, a first-time mother

0:25.8

learn what it means to love and understand what it means to feel loved.

0:32.5

This is a bit of optimism.

0:37.0

Hey Tim, good to see you.

0:41.5

Nice to see you, Simon.

0:43.3

Congratulations on Grandpahood 3.

0:46.8

Grandpahood times 3.

0:48.7

People bore one another with grandparents' stories, and they mostly bore people who don't

0:54.4

have grandchildren with how wonderful it is, so I'll try not to do that, but suffice

0:58.8

to say it is indeed a miracle and wonderful, and I'm very grateful.

1:04.2

When I became an uncle, I remember taking my sister aside and saying, I know you're going

1:11.8

to be a good mother, and I just want you to know that I will undo all of the great parenting

1:18.4

that you will do.

1:22.0

For the rest of your life, I want you to just get used to these words.

1:25.5

But Uncle Simon said we could.

1:29.0

Well you have a little bit of a hint of what it's like to be a grandfather already, because

1:33.3

I have the same experience.

1:34.8

I looked at my daughter just the other day looking at her and I didn't have to say it to her.

1:38.0

She's just obviously going to be such a spectacular mother, and I just can't wait to steal the

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