Discover the power of optimism as a choice that can transform your life. The founders of a beloved lifestyle brand share their journey and the importance of simplicity, humility, and humor. Learn how cultivating gratitude can lead to happiness and fulfillment. Insights on developing a millionaire mindset highlight the significance of morning habits. Embrace the tools for a brighter perspective and see how optimism can become a superpower in your day-to-day life!
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Choose Optimism
Focus on what's right in your life, not what's wrong.
What you focus on grows, so cultivate gratitude and optimism.
insights INSIGHT
Rational Optimism
Rational optimism acknowledges challenges but focuses on the positive.
This openness attracts people and fosters other positive values.
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Heightened Gratitude
People facing the most difficult challenges often have the greatest appreciation for life.
A simple sandwich becomes the best meal after months of hospital food.
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LIFE IS GOOD.
Being an optimist instead of a pessimist is a choice.
You can wake up each day and focus on what’s wrong.
Or you can choose to be grateful.
Whatever you focus on grows.
So if you are spending your time on things that make you unhappy, they will take over.
But if you can cultivate gratitude, simplicity, and optimism, that’s what your life will become.
Choose happiness.
For this Five Minute Friday, I revisited a conversation I had with Bert Jacobs, founder of the Life is Good Company, where he shared a few of his ten Superpowers that are surprisingly simple and timeless.
Bert has appeared on CNN’s Tips from the Top, CNBC’s Business Nation, and The Donny Deutch Show. Life Is Good has been featured in the New York Times, on the cover of Inc Magazine, and on NBC’s The Today Show. Bert is the second youngest of six siblings from Needham, MA. He credits his mother with teaching his brother and him to face the bumps in the road with a smile. The Jacobs brothers see simplicity, humility, and a sense of humor as the three keys to Life is good’s continued success.
Learn how to live a good life the same way your grandfather and your grandfather’s father did in Episode 822.
“Optimism is a choice.” - @LifeIsGood
In This Episode You Will Learn:
Why optimism is a choice (1:00)
How openness is a superpower (1:30)
What selling “Life is Good” t-shirts taught Bert (2:00)
About the tools for living a fulfilling life (3:00)
For videos, show notes, and more visit: http://www.lewishowes.com/822 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes
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