‘It’s not the events that happen to us that define our happiness and success, but how we interpret them.’
The impact of life, work, family and world events will affect us all. We can’t change many of the things that happen, but we can help you think differently about the effects.
In the Optimism workshop we look at how our brains work to determine how we see life. The opportunity we have to choose how we think. And the impact that has on how we feel and behave.
We explore why an optimistic mindset could make such a game changing difference right now and even more crucially, how to do it.
Optimism teaches us to accept ‘it is what it is’, and stop worrying about the things we can’t control. We can then shift our thinking, to focus on what we want, rather than dwelling on the problem.
I hope you’re looking forward to joining me soon for the Optimism session. You can expect it to be fun, highly interactive and seriously practical. On the rest of this page are videos and resources to introduce some of the ideas and give some set-up. I hope you enjoy, any questions or comments drop me a note.
– Stuart
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Meet your Optimism coach
Stuart Baldwin, Creator of Live BIG®
Stuart is the founder of a gritty leadership practice for the world’s forward-thinking organisations that truly care about their people. Stuart has increased happiness, performance and engagement in companies from Virgin and the BBC to Asda and Deloitte.
Live BIG® is a way of thinking and being that stops us all playing small. It is Stuart’s obsessive belief that we all have a tonne of capability for happiness, achievement, and to love our life and work… just waiting to be let out.
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THE HEADLINES
Here is a 3 min video of Stuart touching on the big themes of Optimism
(recorded on stage at Swansea University in 2017)
THE INTRO
Here is a 1 min video of Stuart setting up the Optimism session
(from a webinar last year when the hairdressers were shut and I seem to have misplaced my beard trimmer)
THE TOOL
Enjoy this 4 min edit of Stuart exploring the Tool we learn in the Optimism session
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