WEEK 171: GRATITUDE

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.    Zig Ziglar

REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): Are you grateful?

Not just in the good times, but also the times when everything seems to be falling apart.

Now let me tell you why you should practice this more, as it has a compound effect on the level of success you will attain.

To start "thing falling apart" are a natural part of you being on the path of leveling up and reaching new heights. 

You will never encounter this STUCK in your comfort zone. 

Being aware of just this is MEGA!

But you are probably saying, "cool, but what are the TWO Huge benefits of being grateful?"

Patience, grasshopper. 

Before I get into the meat of it, I want you to first think about the ultra successful people in your lives. 

Take a moment to really think.

Are they grateful or are they always comparing themselves to others?

I am going to bet most will land on the side of being more grateful.

But just being thankful alone can't be the reason to their success?

It is not the only reason of course, as these ultra successful people have other mechanisms to ensure their success, but they understand the following TWO huge benefits. 

First, being grateful, especially in tough times, makes you zoom out and take a macro look at your situation.

Yes, it might be hard at the moment (par the course), but having a sense of gratitude reinforces the idea that life is happening FOR you, not TO you.

This distinction is huge, as having the first perspective empowers you, where the second disempowers you.

Logically, you can not create higher levels of success from a disempowering state. 

Second, being grateful moves you away from the external to internal.

Do you know the biggest villain that robs you of your ability to produce and perform at a higher level?

Comparison (can be used in a good way, as well...more on that later).

They have this, and I don't

They can do this, but I can not.

...

As you can see comparing moves you away from you, your capabilities, and your strengths. It makes it easy to play the card. 

Where as being grateful brings you back to the internal.

This is key, as it moves the power back to you and what you can control.

It is quite simple. 

You can not create from a place of disempowerment.

Although you might not be able to see it on the surface, being grateful gives you control and empowers you.

Thus allowing you to level-up and reach higher levels of success. 

Delay No More,

J