2057: The Necessity of Giving Gratitude at Work by Karl Staib of Dig to Fly on Being Grateful

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🗓️ 29 July 2021

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Karl Staib of DigToFly discusses the necessity of giving gratitude at work Episode 2057: The Necessity of Giving Gratitude at Work by Karl Staib of Dig to Fly on Being Grateful Karl Staib is an author that seeks out growth at every turn. It's why he writes. He wants to process his thoughts and emotions, learn from them and share them with the world. He grew up in a little town in Pennsylvania called Pipersiville. He moved to Austin, TX in this mid twenties and now he is living in San Antonio with his wife and two boys. If you enjoy his writing, he courages you to reach out to him at DigToFly.com. He wants to hear about how you've learned to grow from your own struggles. When his father passed it was focusing on gratitude that helped him get through one of the most difficult times in his life. It taught him the importance of bringing gratitude to every single situation. Whether it's a difficult situation like his father's death or amazing one like drinking ice cold tea by the river with his son. That's why he wants to bring more gratitude into the workplace. His work inside a fortune 500 company that regularly ranks in top 10 for best place to work has shown him the importance of gratitude and how it increases productivity and communication. If you want to learn more just go to DigToFly.com. He is also a big fan of traveling, meditation, Yoga, hikes in lush terrain and his family. The original post is located here: https://digtofly.com/giving-gratitude-at-work/ Just visit Audible.com/OLD or text OLD to 500500 for a free 30 day trial of Audible, which offers a variety of podcasts, guided fitness and meditation, and the world's largest collection of audiobooks. Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2057, the necessity of giving gratitude at work,
0:06.1	by Carl Stabe of digdeafly.com, and I'm just a mollic. This is the podcast where I act as a
0:12.1	personal narrator for you, for free, usually from blogs, sometimes from books,
0:16.8	in either case always with permission from the authors. We have a bunch of shows covering different
0:21.2	categories or topics from living like this one, to finance, health, relationships, and more,
0:27.3	just search for Optimal Living Daily wherever you're hearing this to find all of our shows.
0:31.8	For now, let's get right to it, as we optimize your life.
0:39.1	The necessity of giving gratitude at work, by Carl Stabe of digdeafly.com
0:45.9	My friend Rob told me that his coworker complained about every little thing. It dragged him down.
0:51.5	If someone left's work early, he would chime in. If someone didn't send him the right format
0:56.4	on a report, he would grumble. No one went the extra mile for him because he would always find a way
1:01.6	to complain about something. Do you know anyone like this? People complain at work because they focus
1:07.1	on the lack instead of the joy that they get from their job. They do this for a number of reasons.
1:12.8	They don't feel appreciated by their boss. They've skewed their expectations of what they really
1:17.3	want out of their job. They don't feel appreciated by their coworkers. They aren't happy with the work
1:22.1	they're doing. Instead of trying to change these feelings, people perpetuate them through complaining.
1:27.7	However, we have the ability to change this way of thinking. Give gratitude. It can be as simple
1:34.3	as a thank you to a coworker who helped you on a project or gave you good advice. Those two
1:39.1	words can increase your happiness because they trigger two parts of your brain, the nucleus
1:43.6	of the combines and the caudate nucleus, which are both associated with being rewarded.
1:47.8	Furthermore, by giving a thank you to someone else, you will also send good feelings throughout
1:52.8	yourself. You don't necessarily need to hear a thank you or you rock from a coworker first
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