Positive Mindset Monday | Ep 8: Grateful Instead of Stressed
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Start your week with an energizing dose of positivity on Positive Mindset Monday! In this episode, I share my personal journey discovering that you can’t be stressed and thankful at the same time. Years ago, I started taking what I call “thank you walks”, simple walks where I speak out loud all the things I’m grateful for, from the little things to the big ones. This practice truly changed my life, helping me feel blessed instead of stressed. Along the way, I’ve learned how gratitude can instantly shift your mindset, boost your resilience, and prepare you to take on anything the day throws your way. Join me as I break down the science behind gratitude and offer practical tips for making it part of your own routine. If this episode encourages you, pass it along and inspire someone else to start their own thank you walk today!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive mindset Monday. |
| 0:05.9 | You know, research shows you can't be stressed and thankful at the same time. |
| 0:10.3 | So if you're feeling blessed, you will not feel stressed. |
| 0:14.1 | It's this research that led me to take walks of gratitude years ago. |
| 0:18.8 | I called it a thank you walk and they changed my life. I want to encourage |
| 0:23.1 | you to do the same. While you're walking, you just say what you're thankful for. Start with the |
| 0:28.3 | things that are small and then be thankful for it all. I'm thankful for this tree. I'm thankful for |
| 0:34.5 | this ground that I can walk on. I'm thankful for this grass that I see as I'm walking by on this path. I'm thankful for this ground that I can walk on. I'm thankful for this grass that I see as I'm |
| 0:38.5 | walking by on this path. I'm thankful for my health. I'm thankful that I could actually take this walk. |
| 0:45.2 | As your practice in gratitude, the stress will be kept away and at bay. And by doing this, you're |
| 0:52.8 | flooding your brain and body with these positive emotions that |
| 0:55.8 | uplift you rather than the stress hormones that slowly drain you and over time slowly kill you. |
| 1:02.0 | You're also creating a fertile mind that is ready for great things to happen. After a walk of |
| 1:07.6 | gratitude, you'll get back to your office, your desk, or wherever, and you will be ready to take on the day. |
| 1:14.4 | You'll create more resilience, more grit. |
| 1:17.5 | Gratitude has that power, and a thank you walk is the way to do it, because you can't be stressed and thankful at the same time, and because of that, start to feel more blessed and keep that stress away. |
| 1:29.3 | All right, have a great day. |
| 1:30.6 | Hope this encourage you. |
| 1:31.6 | If it did, please pass it on. |
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