Optimism isn't a mood.
It's what you choose after everything's already happened.
I write about optimism, resilience, and the stories we tell ourselves, and I coach a small number of people directly.
I’ve been writing articles and publishing them here since 2016. I do my best not to use AI in my writing.
Click here to read a short poem on optimism I wrote at the end of 2018.
Above it all
Above it all
We say we can
We never stop
To comprehend
Just to embrace
Whatever end
You can’t have an optimistic future if you don’t let go of your traumatic past. Not detach from it but let go of it. Completely.
— David Mitran
ABOUT DAVID
I’ve always been an optimist, even in the moments I felt like the whole world was turning against me.
My optimism is not the result of personal development books and online courses but the result of the journey before me. In turn, that optimism gave me a different story about a future that was still unfolding.
THE OPTIMISM FORMULA
Three things build the reality you live in. Change one, and the wall between you and optimism moves.
01
Experience
Neutral until you assign it meaning. This is where most people lose control without realizing it.
02
Story
The moment you give an experience meaning, a story begins and most of it is fiction.
03
Language
The words you use daily reinforce beliefs you didn’t consciously choose.
I work with a small number of individuals directly, for meaningful and long-lasting transformations.