Twelve Ways to Practice Gratitude
Gratitude is the growth fertilizer for fulfilling positive, and meaningful personal and professional lives, and businesses. It takes the unknown, chaotic, stressful, and overwhelming aspects into context. Gratitude makes us appreciate and lean into what we have and...Gratitude Credibility: Harvard Business Review
Does your organization need help in proactively being MORE grateful? If they read it in the Harvard Business Review does that make it more credible? If you said YES to both questions above, this may help: Use Gratitude to Counter Stress and Uncertainty Building a...4 Thanksgiving Lessons
What a joy it was not zooming on Thanksgiving. Despite Thanksgiving being all about gratitude, it can be fraught with challenges. Here’s my Thanksgiving lessons. Active toddlers prevent those nasty family squabbles that fester for years. Import babies or toddlers if...Gratitude Challenge: Gratitude is a Weakness
How are you challenged to stay grateful? Do you know ‘gratitude challenged’ people? They may believe showing gratitude is a sign of weakness. I had a hard time understanding that particular gratitude challenge until I personally witnessed it. In general,...15 Gratitude Challenges: What Gets in the Way
You may think it’s simple, just be grateful. But, there are many challenges in consistently using an approach of gratitude. Some of these challenges might surprise you, as they did me. Because of these challenges, telling someone to be grateful, generally, does...How do Fruits and Vegetable Create Better Leaders?
“Eat your vegetables”, parents perpetually nag their kids. “Why?”, ask the rebellious future CEOs. “Because they are good for you”, snaps the parent. “How are they good for me?” ask the curious innovators. When I was growing up, my exasperated my mom would shake her...What are you Receiving; Gratitude or Attitude?
Thank you is not always gratitude. There are many types of “thank you.” It’s similar to, “Bless your heart”, as reported by this social media comment, “Southerners are really practiced at the million ways to mean FU while saying something that sounds a lot nicer....Platitudes of Gratitude; Not all Thank Yous are Gratitude
Thanking someone because you must, is not gratitude. Gratitude is more than the socially accepted habit of saying, thank you. Thank you, has many meanings, which vary based on your culture. In the United States thank you is ingrained and a must say phrase if you care...Gratitude Challenge: Inability to Feel Grateful for a Situation or Person
It can be hard at times to feel real gratitude. I do not mean the polite socially acceptable kind where you must say “thank you” or risk raised eyebrows. You might find yourself in a tragic situation, or dealing with a toxic person, for whom you feel a strong dislike...
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