Welcome to the Game Change Your Life podcast with Dave Anderson.

Now, here's Dave with an intentional mindset minute.

Welcome to the Game Change Your Life.

I'm Dave Anderson with another intentional mindset minute where I share quick hits from my latest

book's intentional mindset and elevate your

excellence. We post them on Fridays to help you think right. Do write, get better, become more.

Here's the topic, journal your gratitude. Dr. Don Colbert writes in a Words of Life post

that researchers scientifically examine the effects of thankfulness

on those who keep regular gratitude journals. Here's what they found. Those who did this,

exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives as a whole,

and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to those who recorded hassles or

just neutral life events. So what are you journaling about, either mentally or physically?

What are you grateful for? What's positive and possible? Or do you compile a list of grievances

and grudges? What you focus on grows larger in your life. So if you focus on what's wrong, you'll see more of it and experience more of it.

If you rally around what you're grateful for, you'll have more to be grateful for. You know,