Optimism Central

Item Description

This special membership for those who love The Intelligent Optimist gives you access to everything from a high-value network of courses, events, videos, social gatherings to the one-third-larger Intelligent Optimist magazine. Our Circle of Friends have access to:

- Regular online events taught by some of the world's top minds, including Bruce Lipton and Jean Houston
- Unlimited courses (at least 10) on everything from everything on how to eat for a longer, healthier life to retraining your subconscious mind, to what the science of the future has to offer you today.
- Award-winning stories about ways to heal the world and feed your soul in The Intelligent Optimist magazine (formerly Ode)
- Member-only video interviews sent right to your inbox
- Unlimited access to Ode's archive of stories published since 2005
- The Better News Daily and Planet of Possibility Weekly Digest, both packed with the good news that's driving our movement
- A copy of our new book, The Intelligent Optimist's Guide to Life
- A seat at the invitation-only Founders Dinner Table held in the Bay Area with co-founders Jurriaan Kamp and Helene de Puy

Join a supportive community of like-minded changemakers and surround yourself with positive media designed to delight and inspire!

Find out more: theoptimist.com/friends1

Item Special Note

To all bidders in The Intelligent Optimist Auction:

If you have the winning bid on one or more items, an automatically generated message from Bidding for Good in your email “in” box at auction’s end will serve as proof of your win. You'll hear from the staff at The Intelligent Optimist with instructions on how to redeem the item in the days to follow. 

If you bid on a tangible item, we’ll mail your item the week after the close of the auction on November 18. We will add $4.99 to your charge for shipping and handling for small items and $9.99 for larger items. You’ll be charged the actual shipping price on items of significant weight. We will mail these the least expensive way available from the United States Post Office (i.e., media mail for books and magazines), with delivery confirmation. If you’re concerned about shipping costs, please contact auction@theoptimist.com for a quote.

Global Light Media will pack each item with care but is not responsible to donors or bidders for lost or damaged materials.

Any product proven defective will be replaced with a product of equal or better quality at no cost to the bidder. We guarantee bidders will be sent all items they won. We do not guarantee shipping delivery times.

While Global Light Media is not liable for anything beyond our control that occurs as a result of the auction, the company will reimburse any bidder who does not receive an item or experience that fulfills the description on the auction site for the amount paid to Global Light Media through the site.

Please email us at auction@theoptimist.com with any questions.

Thank you for participating in The Intelligent Optimist Auction and making a bid for a better world!