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"At its simplest, optimism is an expectation that good things will happen and that things will work out in the end."
Victor Perton
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We ask "what makes you optimistic?”
We believe the times call for realistic and infectiously optimistic leaders. We are a movement supporting realistic and infectiously optimistic leaders to be beacons in the fog of pessimism and cynicism.
We believe the leader is the person in your mirror.










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"Optimism is the evidence for the dreams yet to be realised.”
Professor Jee Hyun Kim

A Global Conversation on Joy and Optimism
The Centre for Optimism is delighted to collaborate with The Art and Science of Joy and its 2023 Year of Joy. The first joy-superpower is optimism and we'll be sharing the secrets of optimism in this zoom gathering on 19 Jan USA and 20 Jan Aussie.
Friday, 20 January 2023, 12 PM (AEST)

Joy and Optimism Breakfast in Port Melbourne
The Centre for Optimism is delighted to collaborate with The Art and Science of Joy and its 2023 Year of Joy. The year of Joy will opens with the Superpower of Optimism.
We thought we'd gather over a delicious Saturday breakfast with optimism-coloured cocktails (Mimosa) and excellent Melbourne Coffee at Hurricane Handsome.
Kay Clancy has promised to sing as part of her sixty days of the music of optimism!
Saturday, 21 January 2023, 8:00 AM (AEST)

What Makes Victor Dominello Optimistic?
Victor Dominello is the NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government. Victor will be retiring from politics at the 2023 election. Reflecting on his time as a member of parliament, Dominello joked he didn't like politics but "enjoyed the policy. I enjoy the reform; that's what inspires me to be around great people."
We'll be asking him what makes him optimistic.