“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” —Oprah Winfrey

We do not appreciate what we have.

We do a fantastic job of taking things for granted.

Consider this . . .

When was the last time:

• You were thankful for your awesome group of friends?
• You were grateful you could walk?
• You were happy you could see?
• You smiled because your children were healthy?
• You stopped and marveled at the sunset?
• You were thankful for the food you have to eat?
• You appreciated living in a free society?

Gratitude is in short supply.

It’s time for a change.  It’s time to be GRATEFUL.

“Gratitude”  will be one of my 3 words for 2015.

It is time to start focusing on GRATITUDE.  

One of the life’s little secrets is what you focus on multiplies.

• Focus on problems?  You get more problems.
• Focus on opportunities?  You get more opportunities.
• Focus on gratitude? You get more things to be grateful for.

Brené Brown wrote, “What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”

Privilege is a gift.  Entitlement is an attitude.

Gratitude is the bridge between the two.

You are bombarded 24/7/365 with messages of:

• what you lack.
• what you need.
• what is missing from your life.

It’s time to push back.

Gratitude is not an automatic response.  Gratitude is a habit that must be developed.

3 Ways to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude:

1) Gratitude Notebook

• Write down 3 things each day that make you grateful.
• Don’t take anything for granted.
• Everything is in play:  Your friends, your health, today’s sunset.
• In 1 year you will have 1,095 reasons to be grateful.  Wow!

2) Give Specific “Thank you’s!”

• Thank your wife for that fantastic dinner.
• Thank your co-worker for their awesome work that made you look good.
• Thank your child’s coach for staying late to help them refine their batting stance.

3) Praise People in Public 

• Complements are gold.
• Complementing people in front of others is nuclear.
• Try it.  You will be amazed at the results.

Develop an attitude of gratitude.

You will be amazed how gratitude transforms the AVERAGE into the REMARKABLE.

– Joe Ciccarone

Be Grateful