Say thank you more than please

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Aim for the right gratitude ration

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0:00.0	Mind the depths of God's Word and ignite your faith with pray.com's new podcast, the heartbeat of faith with me, Dr. Andrew Farley.
0:10.5	The beast raged against him, but he was not equal to the Lord of Lords.
0:14.6	God's chosen hero, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, had defeated evil once and for all.
0:21.7	Listen to the heartbeat of faith on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:33.7	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
0:39.2	Good morning. This is Laura.
0:43.2	Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
0:46.7	Today's tip is to say thank you more than please.
0:52.2	From childhood, we are prompted to say please and thank you, and that's great.
0:57.7	But one breakthrough in sight of adulthood is that you need to say thank you a lot more than you say please.
1:05.3	That is, you need to express gratitude much more often than you make requests.
1:12.3	Making sure this ratio is right will lead to a much better life.
1:18.8	This episode is first airing on Halloween.
1:22.8	My kids love going door to door to collect candy, and they say trick or treat pretty regularly.
1:30.3	The thank you part sometimes takes a bit more prompting.
1:33.8	We practice beforehand, but there are still times when a little costume creature is racing off immediately
1:41.8	after grabbing the candy.
1:44.3	So it goes with kids.
1:46.8	There are fewer thank yous than requests.
1:50.3	But as we get to our adult lives, it is really important to watch this ratio.
1:56.3	We need people to do things and using please is good, and thank you should naturally follow.
2:02.8	But it is even better to thank people when you haven't made a specific request.
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