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This week closes the first quarter of our series with Dr. Toomas Särev, and he brings us something he calls brutal optimism — two words that are deliberately uncomfortable together. It's not positive thinking, which asks you to look away from the problem. Brutal optimism asks you to look the problem straight in the eye — the sick calls, the understaffing, the pressure — see it clearly, without softening, and still choose to move toward what is achievable. The honesty is the brutal part; the direction you choose is the optimism. Together they produce something neither can do alone: movement. And as Toomas reminds us, leadership isn't about cheerfulness — it's about movement. The week's experiment is The Line Check: the next time you feel the weight of things winning, ask yourself just one question — "What is one thing within my actual authority that I can do in the next 10 minutes?" — and take that small step. One question. One action. That's enough to change direction.
The audio of this segement of Dr Sarah On Call.