A Bit of Optimism

The future is always bright…if you know where to look. Join me each week for A Bit of Optimism! I ta

Episodes

Total: 162

Turns out laughter isn't the best medicine. Medicine might not even be the best medicine. If you wer

Most of us think that social media is the bastion of our younger generations. Until a middle-aged wo

There’s something profound in life’s bitter moments. The transformative beauty of a sad song, the an

Kindness with James Rhee

2022/11/8

You went to Harvard undergrad, you went to Harvard Law, you became a hot-shot Private Equity guy.  S

Don’t you hate it when you’re coasting along -- not a care in the world -- and then it feels like li

It’s what all the poets write about, all the musicians sing about, and all the brokenhearted cry abo

If you walk up to someone and say “you’re being unreasonable!” most people would be offended. Will G

Some of the most successful people in the world all have a secret power. It’s not their experience o

We've all been told in our darkest times: "Don't worry this will get better"...but what happens if e

We all know a bit about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, but which President was drunk at his

Can we ensure that we will stay happy through every phase of our lives? Arthur Brooks discovered tha

When people want to do good they often get stuck because they don’t know what they can do. Mark Bust

Short packets of content. That’s the world we live in. We've condensed and compressed so much of wha

Less than 5% of major crimes end in a conviction. For cold cases, that number drops to 1%.      Thos

Engraved on the Statue of Liberty it reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses year

How would you react if you found out that your friends purposely planned a birthday party when you w

Fear and anger seem to dominate the headlines. So, to start the New Year, I thought it would be a go

Stressed from work? Stressed from life? For all the talk of mindfulness and meditation, a lot of us

Despite all our “social” media, more and more people report feeling lonelier, more stressed and more

Being Rich with Ron Finley

2021/12/14

We live in an era in which possessions are, too often, more important than personal health and the h