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Reluctant Optimist EP 6: If You Give a Monster a Cookie... Good People Have to Make Good People Win

Episode six is about the uncomfortable truth that people don’t always reward goodness; they often reward volume, chaos, and whoever complains the…

11 hrs ago • Reluctant Optimist

8:51

Reluctant Optimist EP 5: Relationships: The Sad Reality of Power Struggles and Transcending and the Truth About Desire.

Episode five is about the strange, ugly little power struggle hiding inside most human relationships.

Jun 16 • Reluctant Optimist

8:52

Episode 4: You Will Own Nothing And Be Happy

A Tribute to A Tribute to the Subscription Economy From Hell

Jun 16 • Reluctant Optimist

7:18

Reluctant Optimist, episode 3:"What is Friendship?"

Jun 12 • Reluctant Optimist

2:25

Reluctant Optimist Ep 2: How a good outcome can teach you the wrong lesson

Jun 11 • Reluctant Optimist

5:57

The Reluctant Optimist, Episode 1: The system they're selling didn't get them there....

Jun 9 • Reluctant Optimist

6:32

November 2025

🥊 The Biggest Risk Is Playing It Safe

We love to act like the responsible thing to do is avoid risk. Meanwhile, the biggest risk in life is pretending you’re not already taking one.

Nov 3, 2025 • Reluctant Optimist

September 2025

MAYBEThanks for reading Reluctant’s Substack!

Sep 5, 2025 • Reluctant Optimist

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