Chrome Extension

Belief Spotter.

Select any text on any page. Right-click and choose "Spot the OOS belief." Belief Spotter matches it against the 10 beliefs of the Optimist's Operating System and tells you which one applies.

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Belief Spotter

Belief 08

Progress is iterative.

Version 1 is not a compromise. It is the only available method. The cost of waiting for completeness is not perfection -- it is the learning that never happens.

Read all 10 beliefs

How to install

Load it in 60 seconds.

While the extension is pending Web Store review, you can install it directly from the zip file below.

01
Download and unzip Download belief-spotter.zip and unzip it anywhere on your computer.
02
Open Chrome Extensions Go to chrome://extensions in your browser.
03
Enable Developer mode Toggle Developer mode on (top-right corner of the extensions page).
04
Load unpacked Click "Load unpacked" and select the unzipped belief-spotter folder. Done.
05
Use it Select any text on any page, right-click, and choose "Spot the OOS belief." Open the extension popup to see the match.

What it matches against

The 10 beliefs of the Optimist's Operating System.

The extension scores your selected text against all 10 beliefs using keyword matching and returns the strongest match.

Belief 01

Optimism is a skill

Belief 02

Better is possible

Belief 03

Future literacy is essential

Belief 04

Optimism = realism + imagination

Belief 05

Creativity builds culture

Belief 06

Optimism is tribal

Belief 07

Signal over noise

Belief 08

Progress is iterative

Belief 09

Confidence compounds

Belief 10

The future is still to be written

Coming soon

On the Chrome Web Store.

Pending review. Once approved you will be able to install with one click -- no Developer mode needed.

Download in the meantime