It's The Bearded Man 145. 5 Ways to Express Gratitude & Increase Happiness
Are you looking for the key to happiness? Well, I’ve got good news if so - you have it within you, right now. You’re probably calling me out saying I’m full of shit as you heard those words roll off my tongue. Often times we love to trick ourselves into believing that material things, new experiences, money or reaching our goals will be the moment we finally arrive at destination happiness. Achieving success in our lives is great BUT it will never bring us an unlimited supply of joy. True happiness is finding gratitude in who you’re & where you’re today right now as you listen to this episode. Still think I’m lying? Perfect, this episode is for you!
5 Ways To Express Gratitude & Increase Happiness today
- (1) Daily Gratitude : Consider three “things” you have in our life today that have a positive impact on you and take a second to recognize & appreciate what it brings to your life.
- (2) Positive Experience : Think about 1 positive experience from the past 24hrs. We often times take the small moments for granted so this is our opportunity to appreciate them daily.
- (3) Excited For : Consider three events, moments or things you need to do in the day ahead of you and get excited for them. You’re going to have to do them regardless so you might as well get hyped up for them.
- (4) Priorities : Get clear on three priorities you have for yourself. This is your playbook & nobody can tell you how to write it so know there is no right or wrong. As seasons change and we change, we can update them as needed.
- (5) Impact The World : Remind yourself of how you would like to impact the people around you or even the world at a high level. When we remind ourselves of our why, we see each day as an opportunity to have an impact.
Challenge for the listeners
- Take 5 minutes every morning for the next week to practice gratitude and see if you feel even just 1% better. The outline is in the description of this episode. You can journal it, type it, meditate on it, say it out loud or do whatever feels best for you. If within 7 days you don’t feel any difference than I have steered you wrong and I apologize. But if I was a betting man… I think you’ll enjoy it. Only one way to find out
Questions from the Stay Dialed In Community
- Orly : I struggle with all the habits I am trying to build, but I want them all. What do I do?
Gratitude Journal Template :
- 1 : Gratitude - 3 bullets for things you’re grateful for today
- 2 : Positive Experience (past 24hrs) - brief 3-5 sentence paragraph on something that happened yesterday
- 3 : Excited For : 3 bullets for things you’re excited for in the day ahead
- 4 : Priorities : 3 bullets for values / lessons / mindset that are at top of your list right now
- 5 : Impact : brief 3-5 sentences or 3-5 bullets on how you would like to impact the world
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