# optimistic (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover optimistic. Page: Feed: --- ## [Infectiously Optimistic Leaders Unlock the Optimism already within the Team](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/infectiously-optimistic-leaders-unlock) _2026-08-09 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ They engage stakeholders in ways that unlock their optimism too ## [National Optimism is Built Action by Action](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/national-optimism-is-built-action) _2026-08-09 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ The powerful lesson in Moldova Prime Minister Vasile Tofan’s call to restore optimism. ## [How do you feel about the Future?](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/how-do-you-feel-about-the-future) _2026-07-29 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ What a new IPSOS survey of American teenagers reveals about how young people feel about the future. ## [Failure and Success Navigating ‘Away From Keyboard’ Software Engineering](https://bprp.xyz/posts/2026-07-14-away-from-keyboard-software-engineering/) _2026-07-14 · bprp.xyz_ How I moved my agentic development workflow to a persistent VPS that I can use from a laptop, phone, or iPad. ## [Are We Heading in the Right Direction? What Sweden and Australia Reveal About the Optimism Gap.](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/are-we-heading-in-the-right-direction) _2026-07-11 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ What Australia, Sweden, India, Singapore and France reveal about personal optimism, national pessimism and the stories we tell about the future ## ["I’m a strategic optimist!"](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/is-it-fixable-strategic-optimism) _2026-06-12 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ Strategic optimism begins with better questions, builds on what is already working, and helps leaders move people from anxiety to agency. ## [Optimism Powering Transformation in Australia’s Pacific Diplomacy](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/optimism-powering-transformation) _2026-06-04 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ Why infectious optimism matters when leaders ask people, institutions and nations to move through transformation and change. ## [Optimism and Hope, Faith and Joy: Focolare's Co-President Roberto Almada talks with Victor Perton](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/optimism-and-hope-faith-and-joy-focolares) _2026-06-03 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ A rich conversation on Christian optimism, tragic optimism, serene joy and the work of building peace. ## [Canada and the Optimism Gap](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/canada-and-the-optimism-gap) _2026-06-01 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ Survey data suggests Canadians remain personally optimistic and increasingly confident about Canada, their businesses and the parts of life where they can see agency, while their pessimism and anxiety ## [Innovation Remains One of America’s Great Reservoirs of Optimism](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/innovation-remains-one-of-americas) _2026-05-30 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ The optimism gap is real. So is the innovation opportunity. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ykXRzZ89CwNG) _2026-05-30 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Andrew Leigh MP on Optimism, Politics and His New Colleagues](https://victorperton.substack.com/p/andrew-leigh-mp-on-optimism-politics) _2026-05-23 · Victor Perton · "That Optimism Man" Victor Perton’s Substack_ Why optimism, humanity and infectiously optimistic leadership matter in Australian democracy. ## [Salience, Identity Formation, Field Tactics, and Political Strategy](https://bprp.xyz/posts/salience-identity-and-political-strategy/) _2024-11-12 · bprp.xyz_ A coherent theory of political campaigning effects through identity preservation and cognitive dissonance minimization