E129: Letting Go of Pessimism with Amy Eddy

<p><strong>Amy Eddy is the Vice President and Executive Agent of </strong><a href="https://www.bigspeak.com/"><u><strong>BigSpeak</strong></u></a><strong>, a company that works with top keynote speakers, business speakers, motivational speakers getting them on major stages as well as working with big events to land major keynotes.</strong></p> <p><strong>Amy advocates for her clients, empowers them to make the right investment, and is energized by the potential of the human spirit.</strong></p> <p><strong>Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Happiness is a muscle we can choose to make strong or not.<br> </li> <li>The study on pessimists and optimists<br> </li> <li>How Amy got into the speaking industry<br> </li> <li>Finding the good out of the bad things happening in the world<br> </li> <li>The power of habits<br> </li> <li>How do you define success?<br> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <p><strong>Happiness is a Choice</strong></p> <p>Happiness is a muscle you can choose to make stronger or not. This is even backed by science that you can choose to push them in whatever direction you choose. We can’t cure ourselves of all diseases just by thinking positively. But there's a lot we can do. We have way more power than we realize. But many people are hardwired to always look at what can go wrong.</p> <p><strong>Letting Go of Pessimism</strong></p> <p>Pessimism is a weight you can choose to let go of but it takes time. People have the tendency to think about what other people think of them but we can make practices to stop feeding that and to cancel out that noise. There are so many variables and thoughts flying around in your mind about all the possible outcomes of what you're saying and how it'll affect that person versus what you're wearing and how it will affect their thought of you.</p> <p>When you look at several hundred years back, terrible things have happened. Somehow, this gives you a sense of peace in knowing that this is not the end o