By The Optimist Daily Team “If you want to predict the future, the best way is to create it.” - Rinaldo Brutoco This weekend we began to create our future as Optimist Daily readers and Emissaries by hosting our inaugural Optimist Daily Emissary Conversation. We know as … [Read more...] about OPTIMIST VIEW: An Emissary Conversation – The Business of Doing Good
The Optimist View: A Business Warrior Monk’s Core Principles
By Summers McKay & Rinaldo Brutoco The Optimist Daily is a business on a mission. We are determined to accelerate the shift in human consciousness by catalyzing 100,000,000 people to start each day with a positive solutions mindset. We live and breathe this mission. It … [Read more...] about The Optimist View: A Business Warrior Monk’s Core Principles
Parenting children while rearing a business – Can we make it work?
By Summers McKay CEO New Mom Status: I am standing in my kitchen with my computer up on the bar, wearing my four-week-old baby in a front carrier. My phone is tucked in my bra strap, my wireless headphones are on, and I have a Swiffer duster in one hand and our editorial … [Read more...] about Parenting children while rearing a business – Can we make it work?
The Positive Side of Failure
Failing sucks. The lousy feeling you get after you fail is unavoidable. But it’s this experience of negative emotion that drives improved performance the next time around. Activist Courtney E. Martin broadens this concept when she examines failure in the context of political … [Read more...] about The Positive Side of Failure
25k Protestors Demand Change from Automakers in Frankfurt
Protests alone don't create solutions. Protests with highly organized, coordinated efforts, with effective demands and a message clearly delivered can be the start of something good. That's exactly what happened at Frankfurt's International Motor Show (IAA). In a coordinated … [Read more...] about 25k Protestors Demand Change from Automakers in Frankfurt