Inspiring like-minded individuals to create something interesting and powerful through hope is Greg Zlevor and his organization HopeMaker’s Collective. Continue reading to discover more.

A study conducted by Curt Richter, a scientist at John Hopkins University, in the 1950s, revealed a profound and inspiring revelation of hope with an experiment.

Dr. Richter placed rats in a bucket of water and timed how long they could swim. They lasted about 15 minutes. In a second experiment, he took the rats out of the water just before they drowned, dried them off, and let them briefly rest before putting them back in. And this time, they swam for a remarkable 60 hours.

This revealing demonstration shows just how powerful hope can be. According to an area of positive psychology called “hope theory”, hope is a way of thinking and is associated with well-being. Hope Theory consists of three types of thinking or perspective: Goal thinking, pathway thinking, and agency thinking.

With this in mind, you can see how leadership plays a vitally important role when it comes to hope because hope in this sense motivates people to take action, while leadership provides guidance for achieving goals.

This is a tall task. A recent poll by Gallup found a mere 19% of Americans said they believe the country is going in the right direction. There’s a lack of hope, and when this happens, it makes it very hard to continue moving forward in the right direction.

That’s where Greg Zlevor, President and Founder of Westwood International and Founder of HopeMaker's Collective comes in. Greg has over 25 years in executive leadership development and education and has served as a coach, consultant, and facilitator for companies across Asia, North America, South America, and Australia. And to top it all off, he’s also an Amazon 8x Best-Selling Author and TEDx Speaker.