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Episode 335: The Case for Optimism · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 1: by Joe Wattis we wish to entertain, instruct, and motivate.
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  Speaker 1: If nothing else, Hopefully we can entertain and inspire you
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  Speaker 1: to live a more positive life three hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 1: five days a year.
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  Speaker 2: We hope you enjoy this message.
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  Speaker 3: A man walks into a hardware store holding a broken
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  Speaker 3: toilet seat in his hand. He walks up to the
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  Speaker 3: counter and says, I need to return this. The cashier
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  Speaker 3: looks at the seat. It's cracked right down the middle.
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  Speaker 3: She asked what happened to it. The man says, I
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  Speaker 3: was sitting on it, minding my own business and it
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  Speaker 3: just split in half. The cashier nods, okay, do you
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  Speaker 3: have the receipt? He frowns no, but I'm hoping you'll
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  Speaker 3: still take it back. She gives him a skeptical look
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  Speaker 3: and says, sir, you brought back half a toilet seat
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  Speaker 3: with no receipt, and you're hoping we'll give you a
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  Speaker 3: new one. The man smiles and says, well, I'm an optimist.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome to this week's episode of Positively three sixty five,
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  Speaker 3: the podcast that reminds you that there's still good in
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  Speaker 3: the world and in you every single day. I'm your host,
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  Speaker 3: Joe Wattis, and today's topic is one that often gets
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  Speaker 3: confused with wishful thinking optimism. Optimism isn't about ignoring the
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  Speaker 3: hard stuff. It's the belief that somehow, some way we'll
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  Speaker 3: find our way through it. It's hope with boots on.
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  Speaker 3: Before we explore how optimism changes not just our outlook,
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  Speaker 3: but our outcomes. Here's today's trivia question. Are you ready
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  Speaker 3: for it? Here it is which famous inventor one said,
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  Speaker 3: I've not failed, I've just tried ten thousand ways that
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  Speaker 3: won't work. Think about it. We'll have the answer when
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  Speaker 3: You'll be so glad you did now, Thanks for listening
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  Speaker 3: and happy reading. Welcome back. Do you know the answer
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  Speaker 3: to this week's trivia question? The question was which famous
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  Speaker 3: inventor once said, I have not failed. I've just found
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  Speaker 3: ten thousand ways that won't work. The answer Thomas Edison.
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  Speaker 3: Edison said this during the long process of inventing the
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  Speaker 3: electric light bulb. He faced countless setbacks, materials that didn't work,
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  Speaker 3: designs that failed, systems that burned out, but he never
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  Speaker 3: saw those as failures, just feedback, just steps forward. That
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  Speaker 3: quote is pure optimism, not delusion, but determination. Optimism gets
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  Speaker 3: a bad rap. Sometimes people think it's all sunshine and denial,
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  Speaker 3: ignoring problems and pretending everything's fine. But real optimism isn't
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  Speaker 3: about pretending. It's about choosing to believe that challenges are temporary,
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  Speaker 3: that growth is possible, and that the future holds something
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  Speaker 3: worth working for. Optimism doesn't say this is easy. It
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  Speaker 3: says this is hard, but I still believe it's worth trying.
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  Speaker 3: Studies show that optimistic people are more likely to recover
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  Speaker 3: from illness, cope better with stress, and even live longer.
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  Speaker 3: Why because their mindset gives them momentum. Optimism gives us energy.
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  Speaker 3: It opens our minds to solutions. It says this might
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  Speaker 3: not be the end. This might be the beginning of
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  Speaker 3: something newer, something better. That's not naive, that's powerful. Let
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  Speaker 3: me close this week's episode with a little short story.
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  Speaker 3: There's a farmer whose horse runs away. His neighbors say, oh, no,
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  Speaker 3: what bad luck. The farmer shrugs and says maybe. The
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  Speaker 3: next day, the horse returns and brings back three wild
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  Speaker 3: horses with it. The neighbors say, wow, what good luck.
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  Speaker 3: The farmer replies maybe. The following day, the farmer's son
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  Speaker 3: tries to ride one of the wild horses and breaks
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  Speaker 3: his leg. Again. The neighbors say, oh, no, such bad luck.
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  Speaker 3: The farmer says maybe. Soon after, the army comes to town,
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  Speaker 3: drafting all the young men for war, but they skip
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  Speaker 3: the farmer's son because of his broken leg. You get
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  Speaker 3: the idea. The story reminds us. We don't always know
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  Speaker 3: what things mean in the moment, but when we choose optimism,
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  Speaker 3: we give life the benefit of the doubt. We stay
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  Speaker 3: open to the possibility, we keep moving forward. So today,
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  Speaker 3: try this. When something goes wrong, pause and say, maybe
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  Speaker 3: we'll see what happens next. That's optimism in action, not
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  Speaker 3: because we know how the story ends, but because we
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  Speaker 3: trust that there's more to come. Thanks for listening to
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  Speaker 3: Positively three sixty five. Look for the good, expect the best,
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  Speaker 3: and as always, stay positive.
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  Speaker 1: So until next time, stay positive today and every day
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  Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty five days a year.
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