Gratitude
topic on 4 shows · 11 statements across 8 episodes
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Sanchez: 2011 Study Shows Visualizing Death Increases Life Gratitude
“There's a 20 11 study in the Journal of Positive Psychology that randomly assigned people to vividly manage their own death in like specific personal detail versus a control group that didn't do anything, obviously. And what happened? Well, the death group cam…”
Santos: Writing Gratitude Lists Significantly Boosts Well-Being Within Two Weeks
“There's evidence that in as little as two weeks, the simple act of writing three to five things you're grateful for down on a piece of paper can improve your well-being, like significantly improve your well-being.”
Santos: Sending a Thank-You Letter Boosts Well-Being for Over a Month
“There's also evidence that expressing gratitude to other people, like writing a, you know, a detailed thank you note to someone that you've always wanted to thank but never gotten a chance to. The act of doing that, at least in Marty Seligman and others' data,…”
Santos: Writing Gratitude Lists for Two Weeks Significantly Boosts Well-Being
“There's evidence that in as little as two weeks, the simple act of writing three to five things you're grateful for down on a piece of paper can improve your well-being, like significantly improve your well-being.”
Puri: You cannot feel grateful and stressed or angry at the same time
“Basically the more grateful you are, the less stressed you are. You cannot be grateful and stressed at the same time. You cannot be grateful and afraid at the same time. You cannot be grateful and angry at the same time. So if you just want to not be any of th…”
Irvine: Preparing for worst-case loss cultivates profound gratitude and joy
“The Stoics can be regarded as emotional preppers. So what were they doing? They were preparing for things to become dramatically worse. They were preparing to lose the things they value in life. And that can sound like a really negative approach to things, exc…”
Brown: Research shows practicing gratitude is the common factor in experiencing joy
“The antidote to that is actually, we found in the research, the folks who can lean fully into joy have one thing in common. My hypothesis was spirituality, but I was wrong. It was actually gratitude.”
Brown: Data shows celebrating achievements prevents burnout without slowing employees down
“We have zero data that show when we recognize people, when we're grateful, when we celebrate a moment, that people stop working hard. In fact, all the data say the opposite. The data say that when we Slow down. Show gratitude. Celebrate small moments. It actua…”
Kat Cole: Gratitude Can Blind Leaders to the Need for Change
“Sometimes we can be so humble, so grateful for what we have, that we forget that we have the right, and in the case of being a leader or a parent, the responsibility of To work toward something better. And so I am an intense gratitudist and lead with gratitude…”
Pasricha: 10 Weeks of Weekly Gratitude Practice Improves Happiness and Physical Health
“Emmons and McCullough, 10 weeks of five gratitudes a week makes you not only happier, but physically healthier after 10 weeks, so we know it's a powerful punch to your brain to do that”
Pasricha: Gratitude journaling is ineffective unless entries are specific
“This is the practice of gratitude. We know from the research it's super powerful. Just write a few simple, specific things. We didn't talk about that, but they have to be specific. You can't just write family and friends. That doesn't do anything.”