gratitude

“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”

“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.”

“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…”

“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…”

“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.”

“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.”

“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,…”