187. The Gratitude Habit | John Israel

The ONE Thing

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Have you taken any time to be grateful today? When we think about forming power habits, we often think about doing something that will improve our productivity or health. We rarely consider the transformative power of mindset habits, and one of the most powerful habits is gratitude. That may seem like an easy or trivial thing, but in practice, embodying a state of gratitude every day is both surprisingly challenging and significant. Our guest John Israel, founder of The Mr. Thank You Project and author of The Mr. Thank You Project, experienced an epiphany: if he wanted to make a huge, positive impact on the world, he had to start by doing just ONE thing to express his gratitude, every day. This ONE habit, over time, has truly unleashed something extraordinary, and in this episode, we invite you to become a part of it. In this episode, you will learn... [9:30] How to form a keystone habit for embodying gratitude [16:40] How to manage your time so that you don’t fail a 66-day (or 365-day) challenge [20:45] How to be grateful when you don’t want to be [36:00] Why you should consider doing this 66-day challenge The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Out of everything you’ve heard in this episode, what’s the ONE thing you can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary? Get clear on that ONE thing, block it out in your calendar, and then protect it. Your life of gratitude starts there. If you want to take on John’s challenge, head over to https://mrthankyou.com/30. If you want to set yourself up for success on your 66-day challenge, try the free 66-Day Challenge Training. If you need a coach to hold you accountable on your challenge, check out The ONE Thing Coaching. Links & Tools From This Episode The ONE Thing Mid-Year Reset Retreat: https://trainings.the1thing.com/reset Mr. Thank You Project: https://mrthankyou.com/ Take John’s challenge: https://mrthankyou.com/30 Read: The Mr. Thank You Project AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar Check out our awesome blog! The ONE Thing is produced by Podcast Masters Mentioned in this episode: Factor 75 Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

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0:00.0	This is the one thing podcast where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.
0:08.0	I'm your host Jeff Woods.
0:11.0	In this episode we are diving into what it looks like to form a very powerful habit.
0:19.0	The habit of gratitude. You know, I remember early on in my career a mentor saying that you know any
0:25.4	negative emotion that you have simply goes away when you're in a state of
0:31.1	gratitude and there have been times in my life where I woke up to say thank you every day
0:35.8	or tried to go to bed saying thank you every day,
0:37.8	but it never really stuck.
0:39.4	And recently, I started a 66-day challenge to say thank you to one person a day when I naturally
0:45.5	would enough and this isn't just like a hey thanks it was a sincere thank you and
0:49.2	within two weeks I actually fell off the wagon and have struggled to get back on which is why I'm so excited about today's guest because he had an experience in his life that helped him realize that to deliver the type of impact he wanted to make in the
1:06.2	world. A big impact, by the way, all started by doing one thing, writing a certain number of thank you cards every single day to someone
1:16.6	else, whether it was somebody who knew or a complete stranger.
1:20.4	And this, that one thing over time has truly unleashed something that is extraordinary.
1:27.0	With that, let's get into this episode with founder of the Mr. Thank you Project and author of the Mr. Thank you project, John Israel. This new podcast for Nova Media is coming soon. Follow the show to be instantly
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