Ingratitude reflects the person you don’t aspire to become.
You’ll never be great and ungrateful at the same time.
Gratitude Changes You
#1. Be thankful when you’re inclined to complain.
Stop raging against an unalterable past. Express gratitude in every situation. For example, don’t be thankful for tragedy. Be thankful for helpful people.
Honor painful circumstances by learning from them.
#2. Be thankful when you feel like giving up.
Grumbling comes before you wave the white flag. Gratitude is energy to keep going.
Problems make you valuable. Challenges make your contribution relevant.
#3. Be thankful when you feel sorry for yourself.
Kill entitlement with thanksgiving. Focus on what you have, not what you don’t have.
Say, “Good for you,” when others shine. You’re smaller than the person you tear down.
#4. Be thankful when you feel resentment.
Bitterness contaminates relationships.
Grateful leaders build safe environments for others. Ungrateful leaders build self-protective teams.
When You Express Gratitude You:
- Confirm others matter.
- Strengthen connection.
- Fortify energy.
- Let go of past failure.
- Turn toward the future.
Expressing gratitude shifts your thinking from burden to opportunity.
Gratitude requires an audience. It’s not enough for leaders to feel grateful. Unexpressed gratitude makes you an ingrate.
The greatest power of gratitude is it changes you.
When is being thankful difficult for you?
Still curious:
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