Optimism & Breaking a Perfect Streak

Over the last month, I have broken a perfect 10+ year streak. It doesn’t matter what the streak was, what matters is that I’m excited by the insights I gained by going from 13 wins: 0 losses to 13 wins: 2 misses. Note that I’ve used the optimism skill of cognitive restructuring to go fromContinue reading “Optimism & Breaking a Perfect Streak”

Optimism: A Team Sport

Leveraging our own inner circle of trusted people, our team, is a necessary element for building optimism, I believe. It gives us clarity and confidence that can drive us to be better than we were yesterday. For me, my team helped me figure our my Agile Best Self North Star — to be a light — by providing small glimpses of how they saw me at my best, as well as the encouragement and support of my journey.