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A Bit of Optimism

Revisited: Molly's Game with Molly Bloom

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Some people’s life stories are too crazy not to tell. So today, we’re revisiting one of my favorite episodes, my conversation with Molly Bloom. Her story is so riveting it's no surprise it became a star-studded Hollywood film.

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you've ever read the book or seen the movie Molly's game, then you know how insane Molly Bloom's story is.

0:10.0

And if you haven't, well, it's nuts.

0:13.8

I wanted to revisit this episode for two very simple reasons.

0:17.4

I love the story and I love Molly.

0:20.3

And the way she tells stories, the way that we can listen to her and be with her through this wild roller coaster of a ride with drug kingpins putting guns in her mouth and threatening her and Hollywood A Lister's

0:34.3

propositioning her it's just nuts and I hope you have as much fun listening to

0:40.4

this episode and getting to know Molly as I have. This is a bit of

0:45.3

optimism.

0:46.3

Molly Bloom, I have to tell you I was so excited that you were willing to come

0:51.7

and have a conversation because I've seen the movie

0:55.9

Molly's Game and I know you wrote the book on the same topic and lived the life and had I not

1:01.8

known that it was real I would have said the story is way too

1:06.7

fantastic to have actually happened what crazy mind could actually come up with this incredible

1:11.9

work of fiction,

1:13.5

only to discover that it's 100% real,

1:16.6

that this was your life.

1:18.2

And of course, after seeing the movie,

1:19.6

went down the rabbit hole of like Wikipedia

1:21.6

and reading all of news stories, because I couldn't believe it actually happened and it did.

1:25.0

For the people who haven't seen this brilliant movie or read this brilliant book, and I know you do this a hundred times, I apologize. What is the thing that you did

1:33.7

that I find completely insane?

1:37.2

I also find it completely insane

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