Episode 504 – Resilient Optimism with Michelle Gielan

Episode 504 - Resilient Optimism with Michelle Gielan

‘ You can continually be choosing optimistic behavior even when you’re not feeling optimistic.’ Michelle Gielan is a positive psychology researcher married to a happiness researcher – wouldn’t you love to be at that dinner table? In her latest book Resilient Optimism: The science of sustaining a positive mindset in tough…

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Episode 484 – Hope is a Strategy with Ian Pettigrew

Episode 484 - Hope is a Strategy with Ian Pettigrew

‘We don’t understand much about hope, and yet people are crying out for it from leaders.’ If you ever hear someone dismissively say ‘hope is not a strategy’, be sure to introduce them to Ian Pettigrew, author of Hope is a Strategy. He will disabuse them of the idea that…

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Episode 140 – The Best Bits

Episode 140 - The Best Bits

A few of my favourite moments from the last few Extraordinary Business Book Club episodes, and this time it’s all about grit – which seems to be an inevitable ingredient in the writing of a business book. Ayse Birsel on optimism and finding the best answers in the worst places Elaine Halligan,…

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