No one likes people who complain and yet it is so hard to stop complaining about problems in our life. Gratitude is sold as the answer to all our happiness woes. Stop having expectations, be happy and grateful for what you have, and never let another day go to waste.
It's so simple and yet it doesn't work because it isn't that easy.
This episode covers the most powerful strategy that has helped people find gratitude in many areas they didn't feel possible without meditating, journaling or re-aligning their chakras. Just some simple psychology and reframing the information in their heads to make them see what they already know.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the flaw with gratitude
00:35 Standard tips on how to build gratitude
00:54 Issues with gratitude - focusing on problems
01:38 Example - Lawn being ruined
02:18 Example - Arctic trip
02:57 Example - Frustrating emails
04:16 Recurring theme - great achievements will come with problems
06:14 Planning ahead
08:00 Example - Social influencer trolls
08:53 Example - Romantic partner problems
09:37 Recap - Notice to see the positive side of things
11:35 Next week's episode - Problems you don't want to have
11:42 Outro
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