Simon Sinek on Toxic Positivity & Real Optimism — Transcript
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- 0:00I think a lot of leaders make the
- 0:01mistake that that they have to be
- 0:04positive all the time regardless of
- 0:06what's happening in order to keep their
- 0:08team positive or inspire people which is
- 0:10just not true a sometimes it can be
- 0:12actually a toxic positivity which is
- 0:14getting a lot of ink these days but also
- 0:17when times are objectively hard and your
- 0:20boss is coming in you're sort of
- 0:21bouncing off a wall saying everything's
- 0:22fine it can actually make us feel worse
- 0:25because there must be something wrong
- 0:26with me if my boss is positive and I I'm
- 0:28just not feeling it that's not what
- 0:30optimism is optimism is the undying
- 0:33belief that the future is break
- 0:36[Music]
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