Sumit Paul-Choudhury

Jan 12, 2025 | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | John Kay |Jenny Anderson |Rebecca Winthrop |Sumit Paul-Choudhury

I’m pleased to share what I consider the most promising, must-read nonfiction titles scheduled for release in January 2025. These titles make up our second group of nominees for Season 26 of the Next Big Idea Club. Our Next Big Idea Club curators—Susan, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, and Daniel Pink—will narrow the list down to a handful of finalists and, ultimately, two official season selections.

Jan 8, 2025 | bigthink.com | Sumit Paul-Choudhury

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people Excerpted from The Bright Side: How Optimists Change the World, and How You Can Be One by Sumit Paul-Choudhury. Published by Scribner. Copyright 2025. All rights reserved. What actually is optimism? One approach is to consider it as a psychological trait — an individual personality characteristic that affects an individual’s behaviour, doesn’t change much over time, and is fairly consistent in most situations.

Jan 7, 2025 | simonandschuster.com | Sumit Paul-Choudhury

About The Book In the thought-provoking tradition of Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now and Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus, a fascinating and reassuring look at the philosophy, psychology, and practice of optimism, and why being optimistic is a moral obligation—even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Jan 4, 2025 | theguardian.com | Sumit Paul-Choudhury

People reacted in different ways to my wife Kathryn’s diagnosis: an aggressive, fast-spreading ovarian cancer discovered after the miscarriage that ended our first and only pregnancy. A few understood that her future was likely to be grim and short; those people mostly kept quiet or stayed away.

Nov 5, 2024 | nextbigideaclub.com | John Kay |Jenny Anderson |Rebecca Winthrop |Sumit Paul-Choudhury

I’m pleased to share what I consider the most promising, must-read nonfiction titles scheduled for release in January 2025. These titles make up our second group of nominees for Season 26 of the Next Big Idea Club. Our Next Big Idea Club curators—Susan Cain, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, and Daniel Pink—will narrow the list down to a handful of finalists and, ultimately, two official season selections.