In the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak, fear about the unknown—and the suffering a global health crisis is causing and could cause—surrounds us. John Wood, founder of Room to Read, an organization that has brought the gift of education to 16.6 million children in 16 countries, and a keynote speaker at the 2019 Global Wellness Summit in Singapore, explains why remaining an optimist can be so powerful in the face of adversity.
Read the seven ways he’s stayed an optimist through all the political and coronavirus turbulence engulfing his home city of Hong Kong.