Optimism:
Cultivating the Magic Quality that can Extend Your Lifespan,
Boost Your Energy, and Make You Happy Now
“Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.”
—Roy Goodman
Contributors
The editors of Optimism has assembled a remarkable collection of contributors to share their insights on the new role of women in leadership. They are drawn from science, the arts, business, psychotherapy, medicine, entertainment, the personal growth movement, government, and religion. Invited contributors include:
Mehmet Oz
Whoopi Goldberg
Steve Jobs
Garrison Keillor
Michelle Obama
Mikhael Gorbachev
Bill Gates
Kofi Annan
Cornell West
Daniel Boorstin
Wayne Dyer
Sonia Gandhi
Richard Bach
Andrew Weil
Warren Buffet
Margaret Thatcher
J. K. Rowling
Judith Viorst
Bernie Siegel
Arthur C. Clarke
Gloria Steinem
Robert Kiyosaki
Neale Donald Walsch
Christiane Northrup
Judith Orloff
Aung San Suu Chi
Martha Stewart
Anthony Robins
Caroline Myss
Michael Milken
Esther Hicks
Queen Latifah
Kurt Vonnegut
Eckart Tolle
Bono
Spike Lee
Eve Ensler
David Sedaris
Queen Noor
Sting
Mitch Albom
Robin Williams
Tavis Smiley
Martin Seligman
Terry Pratchett
Madonna
Prince Charles
Sandra Bullock
Candice Bergen
Jimmy Carter
Angelina Jolie
Joan Borysenko
Huston Smith
John Gray
Eddie Murphy
Jean Houston
And including classic chapters by:
John F. Kennedy
James Allen
Mohandas Gandhi
Winston Churchill
Martin Luther King
C. S. Lewis
Albert Einsteinn
“Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.”
—Vernon Howard