November 26, 2009
The Discipline of Gratitude
By Jeff Walker
OK, we’re only a few days from the end of the
“Farewell Tour”… so I *should* be sending you
some hypey marketing stuff. But it’s Thanksgiving
and there’s something else on my mind - and
that’s GRATITUDE.
A year or so ago I wrote a note for my list about
gratitude… and this weird thing I call the Discipline
of Gratitude.
I didn’t write it specifically for Thanksgiving…
because it’s something I do my best to practice
every day. But it sure does fit today…
Of course, I’m not perfect (by ANY stretch of the
imagination)… but I have noticed a direct
correlation between the amount of GRATITUDE I have
during the day and how those days go.
I’ve also noticed that the more gratitude I have
in my life, and the more I hang out with other
people with lots of gratitude in their lives…
well, the better and more graceful my life is.
I don’t know if I could prove it in a court of
law, but I absolutely KNOW it’s a direct
correlation.
So with today being Thanksgiving (at least in the
U.S… if you’re outside the U.S., this holiday
might be one of our greatest contributions to the
world)… well, I couldn’t think of a better day
to send this to you. I know that I felt inspired
again just reading it - and I thought it might do
the same thing for you…
Because I just had an incredible day. It was a day
filled with family and close friends, good food,
games and friendly (but fierce) competition, lots
of time spent outdoors… all the ingredients for
my perfect day.
It really left me feeling grateful… something
I’ve been feeling a lot lately.
After all, my life has changed radically since I
started my online business… when I started out,
my wildest dream was a few thousand dollars a
month from my business.
Well, I’ve done a bit better than that. :-) My
business has grown to be 20 times bigger than I
could ever imagine - even in my wildest dreams.
In fact, when I look at the magnitude of it all, I
just have to laugh at what’s happened - it’s
almost hard for me to believe… but it all
happened, and the truth is that it really wasn’t
all that hard to pull off.
And that’s just the start of it. I’ve got a
wonderful family - a great marriage and fantastic
kids. And we’re all healthy and strong.
We live in a beautiful place - exactly where we
want to live.
And I’ve got amazing friends who help turn my
life into a crazy adventure.
And I’ve got this crazy business where I’ve been
able to help people from all over the world start
businesses. I think that entrepreneurs are going
to be the saving grace in this world… and I’m
proud to say that I’ve helped a LOT of
entrepreneurs start or grow their businesses.
There’s a lot of people that were able to quit
their jobs and start successful businesses by
following my teaching.
So yes, I’m grateful. Very grateful.
And that’s important - because I’ve learned that
being grateful is one of the most critical life
skills you can have.
I call it the “Discipline of Gratitude”…
Now I know that’s a lousy name, because it sounds
like a lot of work. But stick with me, because
it’s actually really simple…
It’s just a matter of consciously taking time on a
regular basis to acknowledge everything you have
to be grateful for.
And trust me, we all have LOTS to be grateful for.
Please humor me on this… just take five minutes
right now, and just reflect on everything that
you’re grateful for… this is even more powerful
if you actually speak those things out loud. And
it’s even better if you write them down.
Go ahead… take a few minutes and do it right
now. I’ll still be here when you get back.
When you’re ready, scroll down.
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So how did that feel? Do you feel happier?
Lighter? More alive?
This really is a wonderful exercise to do each
morning when you wake, or at night when you go to
bed.
But here’s the magic part - when you exercise the
Discipline of Gratitude you will not only be
happier… but you’re going to start to achieve
more in your life.
Now I know this is starting to sound really “out
there” and “woo woo” - in fact, I almost deleted
this entire email because I know a lot of people
won’t think this has anything to do with business
and marketing.
But trust me, this is powerful stuff. I have
experienced it over and over in my life.
It comes down to this: you can go through your
life with a chip on your shoulder, wondering why
things aren’t coming easier to you… or you can
go through your life feeling grateful for all you
have.
It’s your choice.
But I’ve been around a LOT of super-successful
people, and they pretty much all fall on that
gratitude side of things.
Bottom line - if you want to achieve great things
in your life (and great success), then the
Discipline of Gratitude is one of the key
life-skills you need to master.
The good news is that it’s also one of the
easiest.
Have a happy and loving Thanksgiving. 
best regards,
Jeff
P.S. I know this might seem sorta weird for me to
be writing about this type of stuff to you…
don’t worry, tomorrow I’ll be to writing about
marketing and online business.
I’ve got some more stuff to give away before I
have to shut it all down on November 30th.
Tomorrow I’ll be back to giving away more Case
Studies and other content. But for me, today is
all about gratitude.
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245 Responses to “The Discipline of Gratitude”
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November 26th, 2009 at 2:16 am
You are so right! We all need a reminder of how grateful we are…or should be!
Thanks Jeff!
November 26th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Yes, Jeff…
You are right…this is something I never knew anything about until 20mths ago…when my world exploded…
But ever since then…I’ve done my best (not everyday, but most) to practice the “Discipline of Gratitude”
Without all the $$$$ details…my world has changed, the $$$ dont really matter, because everyday when I wake…the sun shines…the ocean water is refreshing (even in the middle of winter, my smile gets larger, and those little things, that I never saw before, seem to grow in monsterish proportions!
Happy Thanks-giving to you, your family and friends…and all the PLM crew…
Regards,
James Klobasa - downunder
November 26th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Excellent post Jeff and excellent timing
The majority of people are stuck on blame, shame and regret that they just get more of it and more of it.
If they would just step back and be grateful for what they have they will get more of it and more of it.
Thanks for reminding us about how important gratitude is.
Gratefully,
Phil
November 26th, 2009 at 4:16 am
You stressed for no reason at all Jeff, couldn’t agree with you more! Thanks for sharing the ‘deep’ stuff!
November 26th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Hi Jeff,
Thank you for all the help you provided for such a long time. It’s very nice of you to provide such a great message.
I’ve realized the importance of expressing your gratitude just a few days back and have been doing it everyday.
Thank you for Sharing.
God Bless and Happy Thanks Giving.
Srikanth
November 26th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Not weird at all. Good stuff for sure. Here’s my list.
My bed, clean food, clean water, clean air, my health, my freedom, my right to choose what I want, my sobriety, my recovery, all my pain and what I learned from it, my success, my failures, my friends, my mind is intact, I know right from wrong, my education that I’ve acquired, my drive to get better, my apartment has heat today if I need it (I live in AZ so that’s rare :-)), its sunny just about every day where I live, my taste, my tact w/ people, my vision for something bigger, my certainty that one day I’ll be out of debt, Tony Robbins and Eben Pagan and the opportunity to learn from those guys, my ability to pay it forward, my growth, my resources, my spirituality, the internet, the guys that teach how to use it to get free from modern day slavery, warm weather, the women I work with in the beauty industry, my opportunity to make a living helping women feel beautiful, my level of knowledge in fitness, nutrition, and the ability to be healthy, my ability to overcome and how far I’ve gotten, the 12-14 hours a day that I GET to work on creating a new living for myself and my ability to do it…..this could go on all night!
November 26th, 2009 at 4:21 am
Jeff,
From all of us here in India we wish you a Happy Thanks Giving.
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:23 am
That’s your way of thinking, and I’m nearly thinking the same way.
But I must say it’s hard to apply this every days.
Sometimes you are worry about the future.
Just a word:
I’ve created and made this sentence mine :
” You can put a knee on the ground, even both, but do not stop trying to get up ”
And Happy thanksgiving for you and your family.
Sorry but here, in France, we don’t ever know what it means.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:27 am
Jeff, What a wonderful letter. Thank you, I am working on my letter of gratitude right now. What I love is the Disciplined Gratitude…it is so true. Because it really is easy to be ‘great full’ when things go well, but have a bad day or a bad spell and it may not be easy. Yet, if you have the daily discipline of finding what you can be greatfull for–things change. Wonderfully.
A few years ago I had three major crises’ happen in my life. Every night I would write in my prayer journal 25 things I was grateful for…and there were days it was so tough, i couldn’t think of anything. So, I would start with things like eyelashes, and nose hair…yes, i know sounds wierd. Told you i would stretch, but the wonderful thing about it was, it would get me to thinking about what eyelashes do for us. Keep the rain from coming in, catch lint and dust from getting into our eyes, and make our eyes so attractive…Then, I would start to see the miracles of life. By the time I got the number 5 or 6 it was really flowing, the gratitudes swept over me and life was good again.
Thank you Jeff for your generosity-you give us so many tools, free of charge and have such savvy advice. I am new to Internet marketing and your advice has assisted me in moving my businesses forward. God’s blessings to you and I hope even though you are taking all these offline soon–that you will continue sending us your love letters. It is so clear you love doing this.
Dawn Bonner, CEO
http://Your-Shoe-Store.com
http://TheMensJewelryStore.com
http://Living Life…Boomer Style
November 26th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Thank you Jeff!
No need to hold breath - this is the way it works.
Well done for writing this post - I applaud you!
This has made my day!
Best wishes for Thanksgiving
leon
November 26th, 2009 at 4:31 am
I received your mail when you originally sent it a while back and it had a big impact on me. I have developed a discipline of gratitude, just a few minutes each morning, and it has changed my mindset and life.
What better way to get into the zone than a few minutes of appreciating what we have. I recommend it to anyone.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:31 am
ok, Happy Thanksgiving Day
November 26th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Today? Gratitude?
Every minute is about gratitude…
Every breath is about gratitude…
Breath in thanks and breath out thanks.
We’re alive on the most beautiful planet in the Universe and it’s FREE.
Happy Days
November 26th, 2009 at 4:36 am
I am glad,что for you all was so perfectly folded.
GRATITUDE is very useful and necessary for
life and business habit I am thankful to all who
gives help and supports my undertaking
November 26th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Thank you Jeff, I feel and let every one of these great words resonate in my heart… Your energy and presence fills me and my eyes and I let it flow, simply and easily, because Gratitude is SUCH a fulfilling experience and you SO much described it as it is! I am grateful to you, to all the great guys like you pioneering my way -and that of so many!!!- towards reaching our dreams. We are one, the Internet is a brilliant example of this, it shows cybernetically what we -deep in our hearts- know it to be in REALITY. You and the ones like you prove it and live it and we…follow…and pave the way for the ones behind us and they…
Thank you for fulfilling your life and opening the door.
May you and your family always be blessed and endless prosperity lighten your way.
Thank you.
Ileana
November 26th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Gratitude. So important, so overlooked. Thank you. I give back too. Please visit the website I tagged this message with. It’s all about a gift. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! It should be part of our daily routine : )
November 26th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Nice one Jeff. I am full time online and know exactly how you feel I bought your PLF after seeing it on the Internet Millionnaire and since then, things have just got better and better.
I think and feel the way you do every day. I get to work from home and for the past few years have seen all the good stuff happen with regards to my 4 and 6 year old kids as they grow. From the first words to the first stumbling steps and that means more than any amount of money could give me.
I have lost many of my old materialistic ways and now the money just brings me time which is the most precious commodity we can have.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Hello, Jeff - you are right in your thoughts about gratitude.
But look - what is the most difficult for people? To be owe to somebody.
And when we give away our exelent stuff - we wait for gratitude, but in the mind of people we see opposit things
So - take it easy!
November 26th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Hi Jeff,
Thank you for that. It chimes nicely with a ‘talking to’ that my flat mate gave me last night about my recent attitude (I’ve been in a real negative rut on everything - work, family, bureaucracy, politics, the world) and how I need to do something to address it. I think you’ve eloquently described a wonderfully simple activity that fulfills an area that many of the self-help gurus recommend.
I’m feeling better already and if I may, I’d like to make sure that my own website points at this gem.
Thank you again.
Regards, Mark Proctor
November 26th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Good stuff!
I use this exercise regularly!
November 26th, 2009 at 4:53 am
Gratitude is not weird at all. More people should look at gratitude. I have to admit that I get so many emails that I ignore them, but this had me opening it. I will be looking at yours from now on.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Thanks for sharing :).
It’s cool that you are sharing and showing another side of you.
Gratefully,
~Hoo
November 26th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Well done Jeff gratitude at thanks giving, good call and great reports. Thank you kindly.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Thanks Jeff for being different. I am on a lot of lists and get probably 50 emails every day, most of them pressing me to buy the next great thing that’s come out.. It does become tiresome at times.. Especially when they’re all pushing the same thing and they’re giving so called $4999 bonuses for buying through their link (or so they’d have you believe). Most of these great bonuses are old products that aren’t selling any more so they just use them to sell other peoples stuff.. (It must work because they all do it..)
Anyway forgive my rant.. Your email was refreshing and I did the exercise and you’re definitely right! I’m glad you and your Family had a great thanksgiving (I’m from the UK so we don’t celebrate that one..) and hope you all have a great Christmas and prosperous New Year
November 26th, 2009 at 4:57 am
My mother always used to say ‘be grateful for the small things, and the big things will follow’ - thank you for your message - I certainly appreciate it! Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26th, 2009 at 4:58 am
Hi Jeff
I think I understand what you are writing about.
I use to say:
Thank You God!.
Have a nice day!
Gert Jan Reitsma
November 26th, 2009 at 5:00 am
Jeff,
I like to download these case studies and store so I can go through them when I find time. How can I do that? It is not possible to go through them with Thanksgiving and all and you are going to take them off before Dec 1st correct? Also how do I get hold of your PLF?
Appreciate your help. Happy Thanks Giving and as you correctly pointed out.. there is a LOT to be thankful for.
Best
November 26th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Gratitude is a good frame of mind, that creates positivity, I like it! Although sometimes it seems easy to forget.
Spending some time getting back into that mindset, is time well spent.
Remembering to do it, is the trick?
November 26th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Hey Jeff - mate you don’t have to apologise for one word of this post.
There are any number of valid money-making models out there, and ready-made tools for sale that will help get anyone there who is prepared to change mental gears and just ‘get stuck into it’. And a good list-master such as yourself will certainly bring to our attention the latest and greatest of these products & information.
However, for many people drawn to the promise of IM, it is precisely this “mental side” that can sometimes be a greater ( and more insidious) hurdle to success…so kudos for broaching it and enjoy your holiday over there
Cheers from Down Under !
Pat
November 26th, 2009 at 5:06 am
It’s so strange that you feel the need to apologize for sharing such a powerful truth. Why exactly are we allowing the skeptic to crush our inner power I will never understand. Thanks for sharing !
November 26th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Hi Jeff
Just wanted to say I am a great believer in this Gratitude thing, but you have just made me realise that it needs to be practised every day or you quickly fall into the trap of taking things for granted. And thanks for showing your ‘human’ side!
I for one really don’t mind getting this kind of email from a successful person!
Cheers
November 26th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Hey Jeff,
You’ve made my day and it’s only 5:08 AM!
Thanks so very much.
Jo Ann
November 26th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Great advice, Jeff.
I have been practicing the discipline of gratitude for a number of months now and it has really helped me in the pursuit for a better lifestyle. There’s not much in this world that can drag you down if you just take a moment and actually appreciate everything you have been blessed with.
Regards,
Adam (South Park Guy)
November 26th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Thank You Jeff,
A wonderful and very positive message.
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” ~ Cicero
We live on such a bountiful planet and I am so grateful for all I have. I will be even more grateful when I know that one day soon all the families of this world will also share in its abundance.
As long as super-successful people like yourself continue to help others succeed, that day will come.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Hi Jeff,
Just want to thank you for sharing this nugget with us ..yes being in a Gratitude state of Mind is not something that naturally springs to mind when you are up against it as many of us are.
But when you take a moment to reflect that half the world is starving and many don’t reach their 5th Birthdays then we all have a lot to be thankful for especially in the West.
The Law of Attraction is basically the same philosophy or another side to the Gratitude State of Mind.
Only discovered you recently and want to thank you for sharing your stuff with us.Loved your presentation Video..must have been tough in front of your parents. Keep on Trucking!
November 26th, 2009 at 5:14 am
I think we should practice this exercise everyday. As corny as it sounds, almost (I’m not all that disciplined yet) every day, I go over, in my mind, a list of the things I’m grateful for.
They range from the lofty “family, friends and health” to the more mundane “hot coffee, cold orange juice and single malt scotch”.
It’s a good idea to remind ourselves of the things and people in our life that we appreciate. It makes us more conscious of them. It reminds us of how important they are. And it prevents us from taking them for granted.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Well said, Jeff. It truly is more blessed to give than to receive.
Cheers, Bruce
November 26th, 2009 at 5:17 am
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for sharing that. That was heartfelt… and deep. In essence, that is life - the law of life and living.
Not much can be really said about that until one is in that state of thanksgiving and the world and every day grind suddenly becomes inconsequential.
I didn’t have the funds to sign up for your last launch but I have watch all your free videos. I think they are great and indeed can help anyone market few notches above the traditional marketing. Thank God for you Jeff.
Have a great holiday with your family.
p/s I will seek to join your program next year round.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Jeff - This Discipline of Gratitude …
Is it something like giving Thanks for my Baby Brown Eyes opening up for another fantastic day. Or like Praising God for a blessing of my next breath of air and the possibility of helping one more person.
To some the Truth may sound “out there” or “woo woo”. However many if not most will agree “Gratitude” daily is a “key life-skill” which is “easy” and gives one pause to their existence and all that is to be appreciated.
I thank the Lord for giving you a World Wide platform that allows you to share your wisdom and your heart. You are blessed indeed!
Thank you again and Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family, Betty and your team. Regards and
May God Speed! JD
November 26th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Terrific post. Glad you wrote it Jeff.
It may be true that some folk think it has nothing to do with business. I think anything to do with good character and human experience has a lot to do with business. They should never be segregated.
Happy Thanksgiving to all people of the American persuasion out there. Actually, Happy Thanksgiving to people of ANY persuasion.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:22 am
I get gratitude from people who more likely are unsure about what it takes to value a person. But this Thanks Giving I spent my alone today. The family is out and more days to connect is soon to come. Having to try and list who my friends are, I would not be able to count because there is so many.
I am getting older, and the good days of my past are just my collective memories of why I am here on Earth today. We need more positive people like you. Gratitude indeed accepted. May your Thanks Giving remain that special day and more to come ahead.
Cathrina
November 26th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Great post.
Have you been to gratitudelog.com?
it is a site built by mike reining and the mindvalley guys. You should check it out.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Hi Jeff
Thank you for your wonderful comments and you are so right. If we have enough money to own and use a computer, then we have a lot in life to be grateful for. When things are tough in life and I’m going through a rough patch, such as trying to get through a cold wet miserable day or figuring out how I will pay the bills, I just remind myself that I have so much to be very grateful for every day. I am so grateful that I don’t live in a country that is at war, or where people are struggling to find enough to eat or keep warm and dry. This makes my issues pale into insignificance. I am so lucky that I have choices in life that I can have control over. Devloping an attitude of gratitude is so important for the whole of life and for many big problems in the world as a whole.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Hi Jeff
Thanks for the post. Its so good to hear stories like this. I myself have just taken a HUGE leap of faith with the internet marketing.
Ive recently given up my day job to concerntrate on marketing full time. he money isnt coming in yet, but i am confident in my abilities. Ive been online for 4 years and its been tough! as you well know yourself.
I attended the WIS last weekend and i am off to see Armand this weekend. Networking! I have 3 children a wonderful partner. They have stuck by me (just!) over the last few years and continue to do so. To be able to reward them with the benifits of my hard work would be wonderful.
I feel like i am finally moving out of the “woods” and entering the “clearing” in the forest, if that makes any sense!!
Ive got 3 products and the worldwide license on them and the are very good! (not IM stuff, parental software, internet and mobile phone applications). This is why i gave up my day job, to concerntrate on these products.
If i dont take that leap of faith, ill always ask myself one question…..”what if…”
So, to all those of us that stick this game out, to those of us who finally find the end of the rainbow. Good Luck And Thanks to everyone for the knowledge, advice and support including your good self Jeff!
My software will be coming to a pc or mobile near you very soon!
Thanks again for the post, it has lifted me today. Its just what i needed!
Lee Brooker
November 26th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Dear Jeff,
This is probably the most important email you have ever written and it has arrived in my inbox as I am watching “THE SECRET” and it is at the point where they are talking about Gratitude Rocks!
It is true that things appear in your life at the moment that we truly need them and the more grateful we are for the things we already have, the more “RICHES” (whatever your defination of riches may be) the more of them drop into your lap!
With Sincere Gratitude!
Paul Rowland
England.
Thank you! I am grateful for your email and for your
November 26th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Thanks, Jeff. This is a great reminder that being “thankful” is important every day of the year … not just on Thanksgiving Day. Being grateful and focusing on what is good in our life (instead of turning our attention toward our problems or “challenges”) changes everything, both inside and out. I appreciate you taking the time to share about “real life” stuff in addition to providing great business and marketing information. May you and your family have a truly blessed Thanksgiving!
- Tim W.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:30 am
It’s like the old Hymn says..Count your may blessings, count them one by one. When your down just give it a real try. We all have many blessings to be grateful for!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
November 26th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Dear Jeff,
You wrote from your heart and said everything really well. Gratitude as a way of life cannot be beat. I know, I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum. In fact, if you thank God all the time no matter what, the light at the end of whatever tunnel you are in shines that much brighter and you have a happiness deep inside of you that is priceless!
Cordially, Mary Jane Lang
http://valerie19.com
November 26th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Hey Jeff, don’t be nervous, one of the greatest gifts you can give anyone is the gift of wisdom, and being grateful is possibly the wisest, most powerful things a man can be.
In fact I’d go as far as to say that it can actually change your life - it sure changed mine!
4 years ago I got married and 6 months later my wife and I had a beautiful baby boy, sounds great I know, but at the time I was so stressed, I was a mess! Overwhelmed by my new responsibilities (I suddenly had 3 mouths to feed, not just one) I was really struggling. I was unemployed, my career had hit the skids, no one wanted to hire me, my credit cards were maxed out and I had no way to pay the rent!
I had to suffer the indignity of going cap in hand to my Dad and my wife’s Dad to pay the rent!
Man that hurt, I can’t tell you how miserable I felt, I felt like such a failure, and I knew I was starting to suffer from symptoms of depression and anxiety. I’d hit rock bottom.
Then something miraculous happened! In the midst of my despair I had an epiphany and realized that I had to start being grateful for what I had in my life if I was ever going to stop the fear, self loathing and negativity that were clouding my mind and making me miserable.
I shared that with my wife and we came up with a plan. She found some ribbon that we had used in our wedding and we created a practice of starting every morning with a ‘prayerful’ kind of time where we connected with our hearts and thanked the universe for everything we had in our lives, and after each thing we could be grateful for, we tied a knot in the ribbon.
Holding that ribbon in your hands every morning you could ‘feel’ the knots growing in number, and really get that we actually had a lot to be grateful for.
We thanked the universe for each other, for our son, for our friends, for the support of our families, for the roof we had over our heads, for the food on our plates, for a sunny day, for the beautiful trees we could see out our window - all the ’silly’ simple stuff that it’s SO EASY to take for granted!
This simple practice of gratitude changed our energy and I’m convinced that it changed our lives.
I started to think more clearly and the dark clouds began to lift. After a while we expanded the practice and started thanking the universe for things that hadn’t happened yet. My gratitude became a kind of prayer that went like this:
“I’m so happy and grateful that I have my own business using my research and writing skills for the highest and best good of my clients, and my clients clients.”
3 months later I had started my own internet business. It’s now 3 years on and we are out of debt, business is great, I’ve currently got the best clients I have ever had, and I’m about to do a product launch that will change our lives forever! Man life is exciting!
BTW, I haven’t purchased product launch formula yet, but I’m SO GRATEFUL TO YOU for what you have shared on this blog, because I’ll make enough money from this launch to be able to afford product launch the next time you open it.
So happy Thanksgiving to everyone reading this blog, and thanks Jeff for sharing about gratitude, because I believe it is the source of miracles.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:35 am
focused on the cornerstones of a fulfilling and meaningful existence.
I only wish that I had your marketing skills to sell this concept to the world. Off course, I would be dishonest if I denied that financial reward is important but far greater than that is the impact that I believe this model may have on people of all descriptions across all ideologies and cultures. It is a fundamental universal formula that resonates with people because they already know their truth, they just don’t live it yet.
I was happy to see this reflective side of you, something I could relate to more.
Kind regards,
Rhodian
PS - Interested in teaming up?
November 26th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Absolutely
I know of an artist whose ’secret’ to selling art for millions was to write in a little notepad all the small things that they were grateful for that day
Being grateful for 1 part leads to 2 parts, being grateful for 2 parts leads to 4 parts and so on…
Justin
November 26th, 2009 at 5:39 am
THANKS?GOT BAD NEWS THIS WEEK ?CANNOT REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE SHUTTING ALL DOWN ?WHY? ENJOYED GETTING YOUR EMAILS
November 26th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Jeff,
Thank you very much for sharing this. I did a similar thing yesterday-sometimes it may seem odd to write about something so personal, but it is part of what makes you unique and allows others to relate to you. My time for gratitude reflection is in the shower
So yes-gratitude is key. Thanks again-and have a fantastic day
November 26th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Hi Jeff,
Sorry, my comment was cut at the top end…
I was encouraged to see the real side of you as opposed to the marketing side which is calculated and rehearsed.
Gratitude is important to me, in fact it is one of the nine seals of a lifestyle management model which I have developed, the BestLife Compass which assists me to remain focused on the cornerstones of a fulfilling and meaningful existence.
I only wish that I had your marketing skills to sell this concept to the world. Off course, I would be dishonest if I denied that financial reward is important but far greater than that is the impact that I believe this model may have on people of all descriptions across all ideologies and cultures. It is a fundamental universal formula that resonates with people because they already know their truth, they just don’t live it yet.
I was happy to see this reflective side of you, something I could relate to more.
Kind regards,
Rhodian
PS - Interested in teaming up?
November 26th, 2009 at 5:42 am
thanks for this post Jeff, its a great inspiration - as these things happen, it came at precisely the perfect moment in my life. I wasn’t feeling so good 10 mins ago and know I feel great - and grateful - and inspired. I am just starting out (the site isn’t ven up yet)and I get a little lost - but am back on track now
And - you’re right. SO right.
Enjoy your blessings
elke
November 26th, 2009 at 5:43 am
Hi Jeff
That was absolutely perfect for a Thanksgiving Day email. Thanks so much. I was just giving my 17 year old son a little lecture on gratitude earlier this week. It’s so true that things go so much more smoothly when you practice gratitude.
Sending you Thanksgiving wishes from Nairobi, Kenya!
November 26th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Thank you!
November 26th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Jeff,
I really appreciate this post. As I try to make my way in internet marketing trying to get away from my 9-5 grind, I realized how many people would love to have a 9-5 right now!
So I have changed my thought process on it all. I am now happy to be working for someone else, while I prepare to work for myself.
I use to “hate” having to work for the “man”, but I realize what an opportunity I have. I am blessed to be able to make a great living working for them by day, and for me by night. I have the best of both worlds right now.
I thank God for ability to work on my internet business and not be so stressed to hit it big quickly to pay my bills. I can nurture and grow my business the right way on integrity and ethical principles without having to trick and mislead people along the way.
Jeff, thanks for all that you do for the internet marketing community and for the world. I really enjoy your teachings and trainings.
Happy Thanksgiving!
With an attitude of gratitude,
Dave
November 26th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Hi Jeff,
I’m a great believer in gratitude and have much to be grateful for in my life. I could work it from another angle but know from experience that that negative viewpoint just closes you in and shoves you into a mean dark corner where you never achieve anything.
Great post!
Jacky
November 26th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Jeff…is there anyway we can download the case studies? It’s a lot to cover during the busy holidays and we don’t want to miss them before you take them down!
November 26th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Thanks for sharing the mindset.
Living in the U.K. as I do means we do not celibrate Thanksgiving but of course your email really has little to do with the holiday, it’s more an approach to life.
I myself, sadly, suffer from very poor health making productivity and focus very very difficult. Biut non the less I always adopt the same approach as you have outlined here.
No matter how bad things can get, there are always 1000’s and then some who are far worse off. So despite the challenges that life throws our way we always have things to be grateful for.
Here is a tool you might find useful. It has zero to do with IM and everything to do with saving some time and getting to know when desired items become available at Amazon.
Hope you enjoy it and find it useful. If you buy from Amazon as I do, it will save you time and money.
http://frontoftheq.com/
Enjoy your Thanksgiving
Regards
Miles
November 26th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Thanks Jeff!
Your post truly boosted my day up!! And i really hope, that some day we Europeans could enjoy Thanksgiving also. That’s a suberb day!
If you have spare time, id be very happy, if you could spend 2minutes in our projects website. The site is also in English.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your great ideas. No wonder you have gathered great success around you.
All the best,
-Mika
November 26th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Jeff,
Thank you for these heart lifting words!
You are one of my three absolute favorite internet marketers (Kern and Dale being the other two). Genuine, generous and gracious, your stuff just works and I never hesitate to recommend you to newbies and veterans.
In stark contrast my team and I cannot close down on the 30th. We’ve a global launch of a product/service that’s taken three of us five hard years to build. We’re in pre-pre launch right now (Help!!!), it’s nerve wracking and tough going, but what we’ve created might just be a real market disruptor and change the lives of hard working business owners all over the world.
The good news is we’re armed with PLF, I’m studying PLM right now and all we need is just a bit of luck…and just maybe we’ll be in the position to write a similar post in the New Year and for you a compelling and remarkable case study.
In the meantime an industrial strength thank you for the inspiration, the great teaching and this post.
We wish you and your family all the best for the season and a joyous and prosperous 2010.
Thank you and cheers!!
Nick
November 26th, 2009 at 6:04 am
First e-mail I read this morning and surprised at the content.
Thanks for the reminder. We all need to remember how lucky we are to be living in this country and all that we have is taken for granted.
Yes I feel better.I feel better that you have sent the message. Good for you. If you get a chill~~~(woo-woo)~~~ the holy spirit won’t mind.
Ooooowa~~~ I said that…..Oh God! What will people think?!
You almost deleted a good thing. God bless ya Jeff!
Don’t be afraid to be yerself.
Amicizia Vic
November 26th, 2009 at 6:05 am
On the topic of gratitude…
Lasára Allen / http://twitter.com/yoga_mama / @yoga_mama is absolutely worth following on Twitter
November 26th, 2009 at 6:06 am
Thanks for a wonerful words. Best wishes to you. The URL it to *my* website, which is still in process of being properly set up and launched. I am a newbie and many times don’t know what I am doing but I love the idea of working from home and believe this will be my success too.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Great idea Jeff.
Let me share something with you and it’s called The Secret; which is the law of attraction.
Look it up on it’s web site, that’s all I have to say accept thank you.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Hello again Jeff,
I hope that you don’t mind, but I think you should rename this message from Discipline of Gratitude to DISCIPLE OF GRATITUDE.
We should all become “Disciples of Gratitude”. I think that the world would be a more wonderful place if we all lived by this message!
With more Gratitude!
Paul Rowland
England.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving Jeff and thanks for the message.
I find that it’s actually being a “Follower of Christ” which allows me to have a ‘Discipline of Gratitude’ so to speak.
Have a great holiday season as you move into 2010 and may your ‘Discipline of Gratitude’ take you to even a higher level …
Happy Thanksgiving
Tim Buttles
ThreeToedCrow
November 26th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Hello all the way from PORUGAL, HAPPY tksgiving day and how awesome is your article about gratitude. I AM with you 100% and imagine the world being grateful. I AM new on this business but very interested in starting and as soon as i come from my holidays in Africa i will def, ctc you for your advise and help. GOD BLESS YOU AND
best wishes for you and family for 2010.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Spot on Jeff, full marks for having the courage to write this sort of stuff to people who are probably business orientated and some of whom will think that making money is where it’s at. Can I suggest that we not only have to focus on gratitude every day, we also have to focus on where this world is going and what sort of future we want to create for ourselves … and I’m talking about the whole of humanity and the world we live in. The recent financial debacle (which grew out of our greed for money) is a big time wake up call that we cannot continue down the road we have been on. In NLP terms it is madness to keep doing what you’ve been doing and expect to get a different result somehow. Your excellent comments about the power of gratidude reminded me of a website I only discovered yesterday http://noosphere.princeton.edu/index.html where their Global Consciousness Project has proved scientifically that coherent group consciousness worldwide can be detected with appropriate instruments … their graphs on the effect of 9/11 are astonishing, and very exciting ! If we act together there is nothing we cannot achieve, so let’s start with GRATITUDE and then see what we can do to guide the evolution of our species down a path we will enjoy. Doing nothing is never an option, and carrying on as we have been doing isn’t either. Surf’s up, and we can either ride the wave or be swamped by it. The choice is our. Onwards and up !
November 26th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Jeff,
Growing up ‘count your blessings’ was a daily practice instilled in myself and nine siblings by our mother. She taught us a little Sunday School song to go along with it…”count your blessings, name them one by one …”
Many times over the years the first one on my list has been, Thank you Mother for teaching me to count my blessings!
Thank you Jeff for reminding us all of the power and gift present in expressing gratitude.
Karen Elizabeth
November 26th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Thanks for the message. I enjoyed your couple videos yesterday.
I’m living in Thailand at the present and missing Thanksgiving. Haven’t had turkey in 5 years (the kind you eat). I’ll have a pizza tomorrow (Friday) when everyone is eating Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday in the states. Happy Thanksgiving Jeff…
November 26th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Excellent - you are of course correct
November 26th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Lovely, humbling stuff. Reminds me of a wonderful book “The Diamond Cutter” that deepens this suggestion for creating a better more respectful business practice.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Jeff,
Thank you. It’s 4:30 am and I just woke out of a sound sleep, don’t really know why but decided to stay up and turn on my computer. Things have been going kind of rough for me recently (or so it seemed) you see I have given up everything to be a care giver for my 91 year old Mother and Father.
It’s a challenge sometimes but one that I welcome. My financial health is in shambles because of it and at times it becomes overwhelming, but like you I too had a wonderful day. You see I realized today just how fantastic my life really is. My son just remarried to a woman that is so perfect for him that I couldn’t have hand picked a better daughter in-law or a better mother for my georgous grandaughter. My parents are still with me and at 91 that is pretty cool! I am able to eat well and out of necessity have become a pretty good cook. My enviornment is filled with love and laughter. It is serendipidous that this morning of all mornings I saw your email and decided to read it. This is kind of a long way to say to you THANKS! This was worth waking up to. I sincerly wish you and yours the finest that life has to offer and that is very fine indeed!
Brent Crosby
November 26th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Dear Jeff,
Thank you very much for posting your thoughts on Gratitude.
I have seen you in 2 seminar presentations - all under the same title, organized by one man. As a consequence of that I am on your list & I get to read valuable info on the case studies you are posting & I am very grateful for that!
You give off a pleasant vibe & it’s easy to see that your happiness is derived from having a family that you love, you are constantly growing in achievements, and that you have true friends that you enjoy interacting with - since you share the same mindset.
Beyond that, you believe in reciprocity and you help out. Thus the giving, in thanksgiving.
Is it really necessary though, for all you marketing guys to blank out all the people that want to help you out in our way?
And by all people - I mean me =)
Happy Thanks Giving to you, your family & all the folks you love & appreciate.
Kind Regards,
Yianni.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Jeff, I just picked out that domain name last night. There is nothing Woo Woo about being grateful and you are right it is a great way to start your day!! I learned to do this from Tony Robbins, his hour for power. I do it when I take my morning walk. It has helped me and I know it works. God Bless You and Your Family. Come visit my sit and blog in 2010, I should be up and running by then.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Life’s more beautiful with an attitude of gratitude. Thanks for reminding me Jeff.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Thanks for this, Jeff. Gratitude is playing a large part in my life at the moment. And yet, if you had told me even six months ago that I would be saying a prayer of gratitude every morning, I would have patted you on the head and suggested you kept taking the pills. Things happened. And I found that by being grateful for what I had rather than being resentful for what I didn’t have not only made my life feel more special but brought more of the good things my way. How it works, I haven’t a clue. But it does. Nice to hear it works for you. too.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Hola Jeff I’m a suscriber of your amazing free stuff and I have to say that very grateful about its content.I beg you a little effort from you because from now I shall write in my native language: Spanish (I’m living in Spain). Acabo de recibir este email de http://ayudawordpress.com/preparando-proyectos-para-la-traduccion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AyudaWordpress+%28Ayuda+Wordpress%29 donde José Fontainhas (in an english speaking video: Lost In Traslation)nos cuenta que solo entre el 50 al 60% de las bajadas (downloads) y por lo tanto usuarios de wordpress se realizan en Inglés y que pasos está dando Automattic (Themes,Plugins,Widgets)para ser una comunidad multilingüe (multilingual) y por lo tanto universal. ¡¡Another reason to be grateful!!
Just imagine all your stuff reaching everybody with almost only a simple click. If you translate your PLF stuff in Spanish I would be able to be an affiliate. Regards.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Jeff. Awesome!
November 26th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Hi Jeff
This was so beautiful and came to me in a day that I don’t feel grateful for anything–that is until I received this beautiful message from you.
Most of all I am grateful that I know my Lord and saviour who has given me wonderful parents, daughter and grandchildren–she just had two healthy, beautiful twins-a boy and a girl. I’m Italian/American and I am thankful for the huge family my Lord has given me.
Thank you for reminding me how lucky I am and to write down each day how grateful I am.
I’m also grateful for finding you and joining your program-I can’t wait to get started.
I hope to meet you in person some day.
Sincerely
Jean
November 26th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Thanks for this post Jeff. I couldn’t agree with you more about the fundamental importance or gratitude.
When we live in a state of gratefulness - and make it a part of our normal, everyday ‘routine’ - we may very well find that our lives also achieve a state of great fullness.
I hope that you and your family continue to be showered with great blessings and great fullness.
Warm regards,
Ron
November 26th, 2009 at 6:39 am
Thanks for that Jeff and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Just an observation after spending 35 years in steel making. If there’s one thing that I’ve found in my long working life it’s this; people who bitch and moan about their lot in life are exceedingly negative and should be avoided at all costs. On the other hand, people who are grateful for even the smallest of things in their life, are a joy to be with because of their positive outlook. Get happy, stay busy and don’t let the morlocks drag you down.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:42 am
than you for sharing this..so grateful for my family and the life they gave me growing up.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Hi there! I am grateful that you are grateful. I hope that one day I could get my website to where people would actually want to visit it. Oh well. I am grateful for my family and friends and God though.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Thank *you* Jeff
If more people worried less about who was going to think they were “woo woo” and just worked from their heart and openly acknowledged the basic human warmth in the person behind the business, the world would be an even more beautiful (and successful) place.
Thanks for being authentic and doing what felt right irrespective of what your inner critic was saying. That very quality is probably one of the reasons you’re so successful. So thanks for the inspiration.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Dear Jeff,
Thank you for your courage in forwarding this email. I understand how sending information about sspiritual principles makes one uneasy.
I have experienced exactly the same when I have said out loud what I have been grateful for.
I do have heaps to be grateful for.
I am grateful for the information you are sending.
Thank you for sharing so much. It is inspiring to learn from successful people.
Kindest regards,
Marilyn Martyn
November 26th, 2009 at 6:54 am
Very inpiring stuff. God Bless You!
November 26th, 2009 at 6:54 am
I’m a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and getting ready to go to a Thanksgiving morning gratitude meeting. There will be close to 500 people attending here in Canton, Ohio. There are groups all around the US and abroad doing the same thing this morning.
12 step recovery programs are based on a few basic fundamentals; ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE and YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT AWAY TO KEEP IT!
Pretty good way to live and enjoy life. Thanks for your message this morning, it was quite refreshing. May God bless you and your family!
November 26th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Very inspiring. God Bless You once more!
November 26th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Farewell Jeff,
Like you everyday of my life begins with thoughts of deeply ingrained gratitude and with expressions of deeply felt gratitude.
Next, with immense passion, I continue with my now-13-year-long vision and mission and execution of strategies to prevent oral disease in children
Next I pray that at my age of 78 years to be granted sufficient time to realize my vision fulfilled but I am making progress.
Thank you for your humble and sincere email. It was the most sincerely appreciated.
Keep Smiling.
Garth Pettit
http://www.DrGarthPettit.com
November 26th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Thanks Jeff!
I’m not in USA but I’m still thankful for your stuff. Trying to get the best out of it with a small tight budget.Down from zero.
In a few weeks time I’ll be launching an e-book about physics and maths, something to help students here where I live now. I can’t buy your stuff right now but save some for me later on! Any advice helps a lot so please don’t stop sending.
thanks, Robert
November 26th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Jeff, I have learned a “Feast” of information in the short 3 weeks i have ben on your list–for that i am truly Thankful. You have reinforced my all-time belief that if we give from the heart, we will receive bountifully. Thanks again, and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
November 26th, 2009 at 7:05 am
I believe you are absolutely right. Just the other day I told my 13 yo son, that the bag of milk he brought home was such a treat. I have carried tonnes of groceries from the store and into our home over the years. The glass of milk that I had from this bag that HE brought home was the best tasting EVER! In the last year and a bit I found and returned two purses and received a ‘thank you’ and a thank you card. Which was more than I expected actually, because, I returned them knowing that it made me feel wonderful. Only a few hours after expressing my gratefullness to my son about the milk, I found a man’s wallet on our yard, contacted him, he verified the wallet was actually his and was at my door in under 30 min. to pick it up. When he left he tucked something into my hand. I just about fell over when I realized that he had given me $100.00 reward!
Some people might say that the events of that day are just a coincidence, but my heart and soul tell me quite differently.
I know that you know what I am saying, but it might help someone else to give daily, (or the Discipline of), Gratitude a try and experience this for themselves.
Blessed Be,
Vicki
November 26th, 2009 at 7:09 am
This really struck a chord with me Jeff. I think you’re absolutely right 100% and further, I don’t think we can have one without the other (success without gratitude).
One day some crazy scientist is going to invent a machine that will measure all this stuff - and prove it in a “court of law” :))
Thanks again for the “lift”. I’m grateful for that. Whoops! There we go again :))
Kind regards,
Trevor M.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Hey Jeff,
Thanks for taking the time to write that email. I am grateful for many things in my life and you are one of them… By helping so many entrepreneurs get an edge in today’s tough marketplace.
Please do me a favor and never ever apologize for expressing gratitude or positive feelings about who you are… After all, it’s your blog and it’s your life work you’re sharing! Be proud to be an example and lead the way for many others. Gratitude is a big part of one’s personal development. You are in part who you are because of it. So don’t be apologizing to us for it.
I wish you and all our American friends a very happy Thanksgiving!
Regards,
Adrian Bolosin
http://www.formation101.com
(Lanching the largest source of personal development in French)
November 26th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Good morning Jeff,
Don’t ever feel hestitant about speaking from the heart. You have influence over many people, maybe people who wouldn’t listen to this idea of gratitude from anyone else. We all need to hear this and live by it; what a better world we would have.
I enjoyed meeting you at SIMS STOCK in San Diego; actually GRATEFUL!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Patsy
November 26th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Jeff
I couldn’t agree with you more.
Giving thanks and focussing on the positive aspects of life is an excellent habit to have and can only snowball good fortune.
Sean
November 26th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Yes gratitude, but you must give back. Being blessed to be given the talents you have and succeeded the way you have is one thing but don’t think it can’t end overnight, it can and has done to a lot of people like me. Fortunately mine is only financial and that is my blessing not sickness or a child with problms. You’d be better making a Thanksgiving pledge like — by this time next year I am going to identify ten people on the floor and bring them back—provided they make a pledge to you to do the same this time next year. Thats a much better solution for someone with talents like you have — and far more rewarding than just making a charitable monetary donation. Those who no longer have credit cards and can’t get going because of that. Now there’s a Thanksgiving gratitude you can give the World and make not just new friends for life but their families and the familes the following year and the following year. Give and you will get is what what I was taught when I grew up! Happy Thanksgiving
November 26th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Great post Jeff. I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that many successful people have the same views as you on the power of gratitude. I think it’s Tony Robins who talks of living life with an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’ and it doesn’t seem to have done him or the many Internet Guru’s who have been through his programs any harm :). I know one thing, you feel much better inside when you focus on being grateful for what you’ve got instead of moaning about what you haven’t. I’m a Brit who is very grateful to be living in the USA and enjoying this wonderful holiday.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Gracias por tu mensaje es muy expresivo y refleja que tipo de persona eres
November 26th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Hi Jeff,
I have noticed that myself too… and good point to make. An instant way to put oneself into a different frame as such.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:39 am
I like this, Jeff
November 26th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Yeah…it’s as well to count your blessings
November 26th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Hey happy Thanksgiving!
We may not know the reason for thanksgiving all the way over here in Spain, but we do like giving thanks and boy do we love our fiestas!!
So to all Americans out there Have a great Thanksgiving and most of all fiesta like there ain’t a tomorrow!
I have my own thanksgiving giveaway just to say thanks to all who know me in the States.. I won’t be so rude as to put the link here, but if you know me you will get a gift..
Hasta Pronto
David Abel
p.s. I am always grateful for the times with my wife and family and for the chance to be with them more because of my marketing Business.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I’m a Gratitude Junkie — practice and live it everyday — I’m with you Jeff. It is powerful and ALWAYS come back in the most delicious and sometimes unexpected ways.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff.
Gratitude is important for a wonderful life. Our most important daily choice is our attitude. It colors the day and transforms our reality for good or evil.
Being grateful for all the blessings God has given us allows more good thing to flow into our lives. We are happier when we focus on being thankful for everything.
I am grateful for all the entrepreneur heroes I have met, photographed and call friends over the last 9 years. To inspire students and their parents to become entrepreneurs, I am creating a entrepreneur heroes page for each.
Hopefully, everyone will write their heroes story based on Frank Kern’s Heroes marketing system and allow me to post it on their page. This will inspire people who have lost jobs, can’t find jobs or have given up looking for a job.
They will achieve great rewards when they create their own job by becoming an entrepreneur. The heroes entrepreneur stories will create a new financial Renaissance, strengthen families and restore communities. Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of every civilization.
Check out your page and see if your photo is okay. I have lots of choices for your over the years.
I look forward to your heroes story. I know everyone else does also.
ralph
November 26th, 2009 at 7:49 am
I disagree gratitude has everything to do with business, to be thankful and giving something back,helping others to find their lot in life, is the rule of the universe if you want to be successful, the reverse is also true.
Your thinking is right on the money
November 26th, 2009 at 7:52 am
hey jeff,
happy thanks giving and great post man,
im glad you didn’t delete it,
YES - it sounds like woo woo ( and we have all heared it all before )
but … it’s so true,
i sat here for less than one minute and give gratitude for everything that come to my head
IT WAS A BIG OLD LIST FOR LESS THAN 1 MINUTE.
and it’s shocking how we’ll my life is when alot of the time i get kinda stressed as my business is not growing as fast as i know it can.
hey let me tell you something,
if i didn’t study Product Launch Formula 1.0 way back when … i bet my business wouldn’t be anywhere near the success it is today.
so i declare that i have Gratitude for being a proud student of PLF.
4 launches … almost $1million in sales pretty darn cool if you ask me
thanks bro …
… enjoy your time with the family today!
to success
Alex Jeffreys
November 26th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I have tried to pull down the info without success, any suggestions?
November 26th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Awesome post Jeff. I think you nailed it with this one. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the future and will be watching your future communications closely.
Thanks
November 26th, 2009 at 7:58 am
I agree with you Jeff, if we do not recognize
what we have we are sure to fail. All it takes
is a few minutes to reflect on our blessings,
I know there are a lot of people out there with
a lot less then I have and Gratitude is what
we need to be successful in life. Never forget
how uncertain life is.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Yes, today is Thanksgiving, my husband and I will spend the day serving free food to about 400 people. We spend our Thanksgiving this way so seven sons and one daughter can spend Thanksgiving with their “other” family. Yes, this is a time for sharing and as teachers we feel grateful we are in the profession to help others to share.
Many of our students are so self centered and lost. We are both at the same high school so we see-hear-and share our knowledge.
Thank you again for giving us this opportunity to help change our live and other.
Robert and Linda Hinson
November 26th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Great email and a topic that resonates loudly. To me, its the passage of time, that has helped me be more grateful and to appreciate the magic of life. cheers, Art
November 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Hi Jeff
WOW. Some magic stuff.
Just wanted to thank you for this simple exercise.
I wrote down a simple “Discipline of Gratitude” in may email program. It’s dated February 12th 2009. I’ve haven’t lookd at for a while now but It did this exercise a few times in the spring. I chucled when I read it again now and saw that much of it has come forth.
I was grateful for the things I didn’t have at that time but most it has magically come forth since then! Now I run a brand new, successuful fine art photography gallery in Iceland admidst the deepest recession since the great recession. Iceland was hit excepeially hard but it didn’t hit me. It could have been so easy to act as a victim and feel angry and helpless as the economy collapsed.
No! I decided not to partake in this turmoil and make my own destiny. That has become a reality against all odds and I’m very, VERY grateful for that.
Happy thanksgiving to all who appreciate it.
It’s just a regular thursday for us in Iceland so it will be fish or chicken for dinner….LOL
Jon Pall Vilhelmsson - photographer
November 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Is this information silly? Perhaps only to the foolish. This was a great post, to keep minds, and hearts open to receive new learnings..after all, when one ceases to receive wisdom, he then becomes a fool. Thanks for the reminder of gratitude.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Hi Jeff
WOW. Some magic stuff.
Just wanted to thank you for this simple exercise.
I wrote down a simple “Discipline of Gratitude” in my email program. It’s dated February 12th 2009. I’ve haven’t lookd at for a while now but It did this exercise a few times in the spring. I chucled when I read it again now and saw that much of it has come forth.
I was grateful for the things I didn’t have at that time but most it has magically come forth since then! Now I run a brand new, successuful fine art photography gallery in Iceland admidst the deepest recession since the great recession. Iceland was hit excepeially hard but it didn’t hit me. It could have been so easy to act as a victim and feel angry and helpless as the economy collapsed.
No! I decided not to partake in this turmoil and make my own destiny. That has become a reality against all odds and I’m very, VERY grateful for that.
Happy thanksgiving to all who appreciate it.
It’s just a regular thursday for us in Iceland so it will be fish or chicken for dinner….LOL
Jon Pall Vilhelmsson - photographer
November 26th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Hello Jeff,
And a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours,it’s wonderful to get up this morning and see an email written on the subject of Gratitude.We should reflect on this subject because truly we all have something to be grateful for.My family,relatives and friends,as well as good health and a healthy outlook on life and business.An attitude of gratitude.Happy Thanksgiving and season greetings to all.
Eddie T.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Hi Jeff,
Thank you for not deleting this e-mail. The Discipline of Gratitude is a very powerful thing and it should be shared with others who may need it most. There are so many people out there struggling today with the “worst thing that ever happened” to them. It is important for us to reflect from time to time about how blessed we really are as we look around and see others who are far more challenged by their circumstances than we are. When someone else falls down, it makes us stronger to hold out our hand and help pick them back up.
You have many talents, skills, and successes to share and you give back to those who struggle to find their voice so they too can provide value to the world, just as you did. When each of us is grateful for what we have, and we “pay it forward” it may seem like a small gesture of kindness at the time, but the collective ripple effect can be enormous. Times seem hard right now to so many of us who struggle, but the process of falling down and picking ourselves back up is what makes us smarter, stronger, motivated, and more experienced.
I would like to express my gratitude to you and your personal network of internet marketing geniuses who have provided me with the knowledge and tools this year that I needed to pick myself back up after I got knocked down and wiped out. Specifically I am grateful to you, John Reese, Frank Kern, Eben Pagan, Yanik Silver, Ferny and Raymond, Mike Dillard, John Carlton, Perry Belcher, Ryan Diess, Ed Dale, and so many more whose lists I am on, who have encouraged, inspired, and reached out with all your collective talent and experience to help “the little guy” who is still struggling to make that one big breakthrough in life that turns everything around. Thank you for your integrity and for caring about us who are still struggling to climb out of the trenches of life. Most of all thank you for being grateful and for showing the humility that connects you with the readers on your list.
Jazmin Onyx
November 26th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Hi Jeff
WOW. Some magic stuff.
Just wanted to thank you for this simple exercise.
I wrote down a simple “Discipline of Gratitude” in my email program. It’s dated February 12th 2009. I’ve haven’t looked at for a while now but I did this exercise a few times last winter and through early summer. I chuckled when I read it again now and saw that much of it has come forth.
I was grateful for the things I didn’t have at that time but most it has magically come forth since then! Now I run a brand new, successuful fine art photography gallery in Iceland admidst the deepest recession since the great recession. Iceland was hit especially hard but it didn’t hit me. It could have been so easy to act as a victim and feel angry and helpless as the economy collapsed.
No! I decided not to partake in this turmoil and make my own destiny. That has become a reality against all odds and I’m very, VERY grateful for that.
Happy thanksgiving to all who appreciate it.
It’s just a regular thursday for us in Iceland so it will be fish or chicken for dinner….LOL
Jon Pall Vilhelmsson - photographer
November 26th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Your absolutely right Jeff. Gratitude is key. I love the term the “discipline of gratitude”. Discipline has gotten a bad rap lately. Probably in the last 50 years or so. But as you know to accomplish anything worthwhile in life call for discipline. The problem is that people look at the negative side of discipline, what they’re giving up but the truth is they’re gaining a lot more of value through discpline. And I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that when you’re in an attitude of gratitude you seem to be working on a different level accomplishing things on a higher level and even attracting the things that resonate with your higher purpose, whether that’s in business or your personal life.
I’ve never emailed a marketer about one of their letters but I felt compelled to do that today. BTW I’m sure you’ve watched the movie The Secret but if you haven’t do so. What you might not have known is the The Secret was inspired by a book called The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles in the early twentieth century. I highly recommend you get it. There’s a whole chapter on the power of gratitude among some other powerful powerful concepts. Again great letter.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Hi Jeff
Thanks for those inspirational words, and i completely agree that sometimes when life is difficult that it is easy to focus on the negative things as opposed to the wonderful things that we are to be grateful for.
I am definately grateful that I came across your product launch formula product!
Have a great thanksgiving,
Lincoln Bryden (UK)
November 26th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Hear Hear.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Hi Jeff,
Happy Thanksgiving. I loved your email - it takes courage to put yourself out there! I am a newbie to internet marketing - just getting my websites written and all that stuff, very exciting if a little overwhelming and I’ve enjoyed the material you’ve put out. May not have purchased yet, but I’ll get there when I have the funds - one step at a time - so I’ll be staying on your list.
I absolutely agree about the Discipline of Gratitude - if ever I feel challenged I am fortunate to be able to recognise and be thankful for what I already have and what I have achieved and that gives me the faith to know that I’ll survive and triumph this and other challenges - and you know what - I always do!
Greetings and thanks to you from the UK on Thanksgiving
Sian
November 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Hello Jeff,
This is a great topic for Thanksgiving. You idea of “Discipline of Gratitude”, is a great way to think and act.
I have been around too many people who have the “Discipline of Me”, for a better way of saying it. All they care about is themselves and are not grateful for what they have in this life.
Everyone needs to let their friends and family know how much they mean to them, otherwise if unsaid, you might not get the chance to.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone,
November 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Thank you for this post. I personally write grattitude statements as a part of my everyday goal writing. I can personally atest to how importnat gratitude really is to life long hapiness and success.
InJoy,
Jeffrey Gignac
November 26th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Thanks Jeff, I practice this everyday and it has turned my life around. I am going through tough financial times now, but I keep an attitude of gratitude and that keeps me going. I am in Eben’s Ignition Coaching Club now and I am confident that even though I am a “Newbe” when I apply what I learn my financial troubles will be a thing of the past and I will be grateful to have had the tough times. I wish everyone much success and blessings.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Nicely done and timely.
Practicing gratitude (gratitude exercise) is one of the techniques of positive psychology and has a fair amount of research supporting its ability to improve mood, increase satisfaction and ,even, promote happiness.
It presents a major mind shift from always looking for what’s wrong–the highly valued critical thinking that we’re all trained in by school and work.
Keep up the good work and this topic isn’t even close to weird. If you’d like to approach weird, I can come up with suggestions!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Hey Jeff, thanks so much for stepping out and reminding us all what its all about. I’ve learned so much from you and your marketing friends and I am well on my way to the kind of freedom you have now and for that I am extremely grateful.
Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication in helping us achieve our dreams. You rock!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Jeff,
Thank you for the heartfelt Thanksgiving Message. And please, there is no need to ever apologize for your convictions. They are what define you as a person and brighten the path for othersd. Those that don’t get it, won’t get it w/or w/out your apology.
Quite frankly, even though I don’t know you personally, your stock has just risen by my measurements.You’ve now entered a category I reserve for few. Perhaps some day I will get to shake your hand.
Have a blessed Thanksging with your family and thank you for enriching mine.
Tom Ryan
November 26th, 2009 at 8:25 am
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November 26th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Good job Jeff!!
You’ve found the real core of ‘the secret’.
The GRATITUDE ATTITUDE is what gets you everything and I mean THE BEST OF EVERYTHING in life.
Happy Holiday!
Joe
November 26th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Jeff,
You expressed yourself beautifully. I know this will touch many people who also read it. I’m grateful for people like you who have the courage,enthusiasm and love to share something personal like this. I may use your title (with acknowledgment to you) when I next speak on gratitude. The Miracle of Gratitude is a chapter in my book. If you’d like a digital copy of that chapter I would be glad to share it with you - and your readers. Just email me at TheHappinessToolkit@yahoo.com. Have your happiest thanksgiving ever!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Inspiring, thank you Happy T-Day to you and yours!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:39 am
jeff,
thank you so much for sharing this very wonderful and effective way of achieving better things in life. i too believe in being grateful of everything that i have. a friend just shared to me her secret in being successful, she just got a new car and its quite expensive for us here in the Philippines, but she said that she just never forget to be grateful for all the blessing that she got, ans she says it in the morning and in the evening, just like you do. thank you.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:39 am
It is an exercise that I do as part of my morning and evening prayer. I was delighted to note that Ted Nicholas also starts his day listing the things he is grateful for.
In addition I am very grateful for a very few IM Super Heroes like yourself who, in spite of the wealth and status, still show signs of being a humble (not overly proud & arrogant) human beings.
I have greatly appreciated the free content leading up to the Micro-Release of PLF 2.3. I wish I could take advantage of the opportunity.
Happy & Thankful Thanksgiving.
Richard
November 26th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Hello Jeff,
Thanks for this wonderful story about gratitude and how it has helped you in your life. That is the first thing I do everyday when I get out of bed every morning is to find something to be thankful or grateful for that day. I also focus on this same thing when I get out and walk my dogs. It’s a time for reflection,gratitude and how I can help others.
Wonderful post and I am sure you will be getting others here feeling the same as you! I’m thankful for your post in that you can help someone else learn to be grateful and on it goes…pass it on!
Krystine
November 26th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Thanks Jeff,
You said “I know a lot of people
won’t think this has anything to do with business
and marketing.”
I share your belief that an “Attitude of Gratitude” has EVERYTHING to with success…in business, in marketing, and in life.
So Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, for today
and all your tomorrows.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Thanks Jeff, I needed to hear this. Like you I have plenty to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Great post Jeff. This isn’t woo woo - it’s the basis of the Law of Attraction. You attract what you put out. When the universe hears gratitude from you it flows more and more things to be greatful for. Learning how to be in gratitude is like learning how to turn on the “wonderful life” faucet. Let the good times flow!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:50 am
So on the money and congratulations for your ongoing self-awakening. It is thought and action such as yours that (to get REALLY woo-woo) change the dynamic of people’s personal vibration which adds to the whole. When enough people have awakened the magic really becomes clear. But don’t get me started, unless you’re ready.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and family and thank you for your leap of faith. All the best! Neil
November 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
I call it prayer and having a relationship with God. Be Thankful each morning and each night and you life will change.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Not weird at all. This is great advice! I practice it myself, every day. I’m not rich or famous, but I sure am happy! :o)
Have a blessed Thanksgiving,
Julie
November 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Thank you for this message Jeff. It wasn’t weird at all . In fact it was very timely, considering the shape of society.
I believe that business and success are completely dependent on gratitude and compassion. Not in just the work one does, but in how we interact with others. A customer can become a friend and a friend can become a customer, but only if you empathize and show that gratitude you mentioned.
For today though… just enjoy the ones you love.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Hi Jeff
I have read through this and all I want to say is: Thank you.
And I suggest you to take your time to read a book called “Hooponopono - Zero Limit”. It is because what you say in this post is quite similar to what this book is talking about.
You will be much inspired by its content, just like I did.
Happy ThanksGiving day!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am
I am thankful for your reminder today.
As a newbie on the internet, I have been somewhat overwhelmed with a lot of the hype and pitches in my inbox daily. This is a refreshing change of pace and solid reminder of how blessed we are here in North America -even when times seem tough.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Hi, Jeff
I am so glad you posted the Discipline of Gratitude. Too many business people in this world don’t give voice to the best of the world.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Well done on having the courage to send this message out.
Gratitude is a very powerful emotion, especially when expressing thanks in advance for something that still is yet to manifest. eg. “Thanks for my new home. I love been able to sit out on the sundeck relaxing by the pool and enjoying the great outdoors”.
Even expressing gratitude for what you have and how you feel in the present will ensure that you will seldom feel unhappy. How can you when you always find something to be thankful for?
November 26th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff!
I think that this message is totally appropriate. As someone who is struggling to grow her business, it’s very easy to get bogged down with,”Why isn’t my business bigger/better/more profitable/etc…. But as you say, I am here to live another day. I have a great husband who supports me and our family so that I CAN work on my business and not have to work the 9-5. I have 2 healthy robust kids that also keep me very busy but again, I am very grateful to be so involved in their lives and development. Finally, I have a business that I am passionate about and have the opportunity to pursue. So yes, Gratitude is completely appropriate. Thanks again for the reminder and have a wonderful day with your family!
Darline Turner-Lee
November 26th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I wish I could think of something more to say than thank you but, thank you! For giving some of us (me) who would never have been able to purchase PLF an opportunity to learn from it, for your time and energy in creating it, and for expressing the gratitude you just did for all of that. Too often I’ve seen Big Internet Marketers be slick and not human enough and it’s refreshing to see such warmth.
So again, thank you!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Grattitude is important, life tends to give you more of the same so give grattitude and you’ll get more to be grateful for. Simple but true.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Thank you so much, Jeff, for putting out this “weird” message! Boy, don’t we all need a reminder about how vital this is to our life, our business, our success, our happiness and joy. I REALLY appreciated reading all that you had to say, and am grateful that I am in an industry with people like you.
Thank you, Jeff, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family, too,
Christine Moreno
November 26th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Hi Jeff!
Thanks for this - isn’t amazing how one shift in our focus can change so much?
And while it may sound a bit whoo-whoo, it’s not.
In fact, if you wanted to create a formula around this it would be:
Focus on gratitude = long term success
(FOG=LTS)
well, that may fall apart a bit with FOG, but you get the point!
Happy Thanksgiving
Jeff
November 26th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Thanks for this email. Good stuff. You’re right about the gratitude working like that. Just ask Zig Zigler or Norman Vincent Peale.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Inspiring post Jeff. I definitely needed that this morning. I commend you on having the courage to post this even though you were nervous and unsure how it would be perceived by your list. That’s a true entrepreneur and Maverick. I am grateful for many things in my life and one of those is having the opportunity to learn from Top “gurus” like yourself Jeff…The Discipline of Gratitude is just so powerful. Thanks for letting the world know.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Sonam Lama
November 26th, 2009 at 9:02 am
I could not agree more one of my Mentors taught me a saying he says everyday and I do to. The saying is short and powerful: Its a wonderful day full of Love, Opportunity and Potential. Its a simple affirmation and it’s an effective one. Thanks for talking today about the discipline of Gratitude.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Thanks for this lovely post Jeff - it came as a perfectly timely reminder
Happy Thanksgiving from an Aussie living in London who wasn’t brought up with this holiday, but thinks it’s a good one!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Thank you for the wonderful words of wisdom and thanksgiving Jeff. Very inspiring. I, too, give thanks for the things in my life that I am truly blessed. It’s so easy to forget to remember what we’re thankful for in our lives, but once you make it part of your daily “things” to do, it’s simple.
Positive always has attracted positive. There is so much negativity in the world, it can really drag a person down IF you let it.
Being in Canada, we celebrated our Thanksgiving in October but I always enjoy celebrating on the sidelines with my American friends.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Jeff,
This is the perfect day to share the “gratitude secret”! About 2 months ago I took a challenge to start each day with 10 minutes of gratitude and it is changing my life. Thanks for your courage to share something that can benefit the rest of us!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Dear Jeff,
With you 100%. Be thankful for the bad in your life too. Sometimes the bad turns out to be a lesson much needed and a blessing in disguise. Thanking God for my joys and sorrows!!
Lea Ann Summe
November 26th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Jeff,
My gratitude in having met you. A genuine, humble soul that I personally appreciate.
To go around the table sharing what you are grateful for, and what one intention you have for the year is an amazing way to connect with the special people in your life. I highly recommend this.
Wishing You and Yours a Very Happy Thanksgiving:-)
November 26th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Dear Jeff,
This article is by far the best I’ve read from you. This is where the whole thing starts.
Please don’t ever be hesitant to share from your heart. The rest is making a living and paying bills.
Best regards,
Dr. Luis Gaviria
November 26th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I am grateful to have read this. It was a good exercise to do today before I see the wonderful family and friends that I am grateful for having in my life. Thanks!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Good Morning Jeff,
I love your post for the day! Each day for me begins with prayer, and the first part of my prayer is gratitude. For each of us this is something deeply personal and our circumstances are diverse (yet similar in so many ways). At any rate, I wanted to reach back out to you and thank you for sharing.
We actually met about this time last year at a conference real estate conference in Las Vegas. I won a set of Bose headsets for answering a FaceBook question correctly and later sent you “Beyond Bullet Points.” Drop me a line sometime and have a great Thanksgiving.
Regards
Eric
November 26th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Hi Jeff,
There is a very important purpose and benefit that comes to all of us when we acknowledge our need to be grateful. You do not have to be rich to count your blessings and, as the now ancient song of the 50’s stated it, “When you are worried and you can’t sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep and you will fall asleep counting your blessings.”
In essence, that song is encouranging all of us to be thankful to God for what we have… to be grateful for all things in life. The one asset that we have is life itself, comprised of the years, days, hours, minutes, seconds and nano-seconds given to us when we are born.
When time has run its course, our assets in this life are over. It’s “time out” for marketing on a permanent basis. Should we believe in the hereafter, as I do, all of this life is in preparation for the next and what we store up in heaven by the good things we do to help others in need is waiting for us.
The Son of God helped all of us to see into that next life when He said, “Store up treasure in heaven where neither rust or corruption can take it from us, nor thieves steal it, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
Perhaps, in all that we do, a part of being grateful is giving to those less fortunate. For those who find themselves caught up in the current financial mess that America is in, it is good for us to help them with a hand up.
That, Jeff, is one way you are being grateful and THAT you never need to apologize for inferring or saying. I do hope you and your family have a most wonderful Thanksgiving and that the blessings of God pour into your life with the happiness He brings with His presence. With His blessings on your life, the time that fleets by, the life and talents you have been given, will not be lost now or to the eternity awaiting us.
Your appreciative and grateful associate,
William Davis
November 26th, 2009 at 9:27 am
so. ‘out there’ and ‘woo woo’ is what ‘happens’ when a straight ahead marketer/businessman (finally) connects and shares the ‘value’ of the value of gratitude, eh?
this ‘connection’ has been around forever, but, it’s usually ‘lost’ in the hyper-competitiveness of ‘making it’ in a dog-eat-dog business world.
the other end of gratitude is ‘giving back’ and anyone who’s ever read Og Madinos work, specifically ‘The Greatest Salesman in the World’ KNOWS that the ’secret’ to success in all things business is ‘giving to get’, and, being grateful for the opportunity to give to get.
It’s not complicated, it’ simple.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Thank you!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Hi, I’m new to your list as of just yesterday. And I appreciate your writing this post about gratitude. There are a lot of people wanting to grow their business by tapping into a power that is greater than themselves. I know I’m one of them. And the expression of thankfulness is one of the best ways to tap into that power.
I followed the link to your pages because I received it from someone whose course I’m registered for and I was curious to see the videos. And I trust what he sends. But I might very well have unsubscribed from your list without today’s message.
I envision a world where this is Standard Operating Procedure for all businesses. Congratulations for being part of that shift.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Jeff,
This is right on. I see the new thought leaders are folks who integrate this heart wisdom stuff with creative business practices.
I urge you to do more of this!!!!
Happy Gratitude everyday,
Lynda
November 26th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Jeff,
I wanted to personally say that I read this and I believe you’re right about having gratitude. When people look at what good is in their life and what they can be thankful for it really helps them to move further ahead with anything in their life.
Great message and I wanted to personally say thank you and have a GREAT and Happy Thanksgiving!
Eric
http://www.bluepop13.com
November 26th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Hi, Jeff,
Thanks for the message, I really apreciate it. It really made me feel great and grateful for the things and love I’ve received in my life. I’m Haitian, and really want to make a difference when it comes to success in the Internet World.
Thanks again, Jeff
November 26th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Hi Jeff
I don’t usually comment on emails but I thought it right that I should say thank you to you for all the information you’ve sent out this year.
We all need to believe we can do it and you’ve definitely made it seem real for us beginning entrepreneurs.
Hope you have a happy and blessed time with your family.
Eileen
November 26th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Jeff
Thank you for sharing your feelings on gratitude I agree with you and wish the rest of the world did also.
Having shared with me I would like to share back by directing you to a site that has made a huge difference in my life and thousands of others. I hope you enjoy it and it becomes a benefit to your whole family.
http://www.theamericanmonk.com
Terry
P.S. Happy Thankgiving!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Thank you for your Gratitude email (I`m glad you pressed the `send` button).
I would be interested to know if you have studied `The Secret` and also Joe Vitale`s `The Missing Secret`.
Over the last 3-4 weeks I have been priviledged to have been introduced to their content. Indeed, I am still getting my head around the information.
I can honestly say it is the most amazing life-changing event of my life (I`m age 53).
So thank you for your thoughts and for helping numerous individuals to succeed (I am aiming to add my name to your list of successes)
Kind Regards
Roger Chapman(U.K.)
November 26th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Thanks Jeff and Happy Thanksgiving.
This was the first email I opened this morning. I have in the past year gone from a comfortable six figure income to the verge of bankruptcy and I am now setting out on a new course of making a living online. I suppose like many who are in similar situations I am always looking for whatever knowledge expert online marketers such as yourself are giving away. I believe Eben Pagan coined the term “moving the freeline”.
Really, if people spent the time to learn, and took action on, just what you and others give away for free, it would be a multimillion dollar education.
Now I did not spill my guts about my current financial situation as a “poor me” I will be just fine. Rather as an acknowledgment of what you shared with us today. As I said, I read your email first thing thinking I was going to learn some useful marketing tip. Maybe the “one” that would show me the money.
I read it,thought about it and started writing down the things I was grateful for.
After filling a couple of pages I stopped and realized that for so many reasons this is the best time in my life. A life filled with blessings, good fortune and amazing opportunity. A life that is been a blast and yet is just beginning.
Thanks for this little gift that can make a huge difference if we actually follow through and do it. I know how I am going to start my days from now on…
…and I am grateful that you shared it with me.
David Franklin
November 26th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Many native cultures said something like this before every gathering and meeting. Imagine if we did this in our culture? My friend is a Mohawk chief, and he has told me that if this happened wars would end and the planet would be healed.
This is from the Iroquois people. This friend, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, shared it with a school I used to work for.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/files/thanksgiving_address.pdf
Print it out and say once a day…powerful things can happen.
Thanks Jeff and thanks to the PLF community!
-john gallagher
November 26th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Thank you Jeff for giving away the most precious gift of all, that of yourself. In the world of “busy-i-ness” its a joy to see transparancy and authenticity becoming a new standard of excellence!
With gratitude,
Terry Gerow
November 26th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Great Post Jeff,
Isn’t it funny that we have trouble expressing or sharing so essential for our well being. For some reason, anyone can talk about War, but people struggle to talk about the joy of peace.
Have a great thanksgiving.
Jenn
November 26th, 2009 at 11:04 am
You should not have been nervous at all. This is one of the best posts I’ve had the honor to read today. God has blessed many of us so much. I would like to invite you to read my Thankfulness blot at http://dailygraces.wordpress.com. I was very nervous also when I started this blog. But it has been one of the most wonderful thing I could have done.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Jeff, you are amazing!
I recently finished up a 30 day appreciation experiment. Every morning I would write a page of things I was appreciative about.
It ended up that there are so many things that I appreciate that it’s impossible to ever begin to touch the surface.
My days that I have that appreciation and gratitude have been amazing and I meet even more amazing people.
Thank you for the post!
Marshall Wayne
November 26th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Hey Jeff,
Just Beautiful Jeff, along with all your followers, a big compliment to all of you. you never seem to amaze me “NEVER”. Gratitude comes in many sizes. From happy and thankful to having eyelashes to winning a new car! It seems these days everyone just wants a little more money than they have had in the past. my daughter and wife were in a car accident a few years ago. They both are alive & Well, for that I am grateful. It is nice to make more money in life ( I think everyone agrees).but it is nice to see the people that are making money in good ways. like helping other people or helping an animal, or just simply doing something right. for the good of mankind.
Jerry Smith
November 26th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Thank you, Jeff, for having the courage to share this beautiful light you carry. I am a Gratitude fan and believer every day of my life, with every breath I breathe. When I saw your company name long ago, Internet Alchemy, I sensed you are a true heart. Thanks so much for sharing of your essence with us all, truly the greatest gift of all.
Blessings to you and your family,
Tracy
November 26th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Jeff,I have much gratitude in my heart today because God is in my life, and we have much to be grateful for, family, friends, and those people like you, who care about our success.
Thanks for reminding us…blessings to you, and all of those around you.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Thank you for the email Jeff. I agree, gratitude is important for a business person. I always hesitate to show a more spiritual side when teaching about business but I see from the comments that people do respond well to it. Part of my everyday practice is to write 5 things I am grateful for.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Amen to that Jeff! We are visiting NYC for the Thanksgiving celebration with 32 of us! We just came back fro the Macy’s Parade, and we are about to GIVE Thanks for our Blessings.
Bill Covert
The Accelerator for Success
P.S. I am meeting with Jay Rosenberg on Saturday!!!
[[ COMMENT FROM JEFF: It’s great to hear you’re meeting with Jay. Just spent the day with him in our PLM Platinum meeting. ]]
November 26th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Thanks for your message. Really gratitude or being grateful to God matters in ones life because ingratitude is the worst life one can live, knowing that our life is a borrowed one that the owner of life needs our thanks.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Thankyou Jeff great post it’s not all “woohoo” gratitude makes life a bit brighter and lighter and my goodness don’t you laugh more!
Have a great thanksgiving from the UK and blessings to you and your family.
Catherine ( a cold but happy girl from Yorkshire)
November 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Thank YOU Jeff!
You did right!
Don’t ever hesitate again. Don’t preach - but, don’t hesitate to let your light SHINE!
Love back at ya…jogjr
November 26th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hi Jeff,
Just to let you know how beautiful your blog
is, and core stuff, we need to spread the Essence as much as possible because after all everybody
resonates to it and it grows, and grows - a candle lighting a candle…And in the new world
of Entreprenaurs I see more and more of this consciousness, bringing spirit into the material reality - what a winning receipy for a changing world. You are a great inspirer and contributor in you own style, we are all very grateful to know you. Looking forward to working with you soon,
Thank you Jeff and
wonderful Thanksgiving
Ulrika Simoneau
November 26th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
So far today, has been great, we have been in touch with family in Hawaii, watched parts of Macy’s parade in N.Y. We’ll have a nice diiner with
a church here in Tx. Our vitamin company will help
make people healthier tonite http://www.vitamistbuilder.com
My wife just reminded me, to be grateful for her
computer that I’m respondng on.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Jeff,
Thank you for this wonderful post. I feel the same way…that entrepreneurs all over the world…from the woman selling fruit on the side of the road to the guy who owns a big franchise, are going to be the ones who change the world. And, as entrepreneurs, we need to “give back”, whether it be like you do or by doing a social business, like I do. And, it’s all about being grateful…look at all these posts! And I don’t think it’s just about Thanksgiving…it’s about being human. Maybe we should try to be this way everyday!
Blessings,
Lisa
November 26th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Hi Jeff,
I love this, it is very powerful and like-minded to the people I respect and love. Thank you for sharing this. In return I will share with you what I wrote, I will be sending it out to friends, family and clients (who are all friends). I have no concern about sending this out, since I only want to work and play with caring like-minded people.
Things I am Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for Mike, my wonderful husband and life mate, who is finding his own unique gifts and taking responsibility for his own life.
2. I am especially grateful to the most beautiful and loving daughter in the world, my best friend. A young woman, strong and adventurous while still compassionate and delicate. Niki, without your selfless support this year there is no telling where we would be now. Thank you from my full heart!
3. The great amounts of time I have had this year to find my own heart center through meditation, reading, prayers and the CSLSR.
4. Fabulous friends, both new and old, who have always supported me as I look inside of myself to find out who the real Sherry is. An ongoing journey.
5. I am grateful we still have our beautiful home of 20 years and that I may have found the way to save it from foreclosure with the HEAVEN program.
6. Ongoing good health. I am strong and fit of body and mind. New cells are miraculously growing and old cells are dying out in an ever-continuous dance of life.
7. I am grateful I have had the opportunity to slow down and make decisions with the help of the Universal Spirit, in the right order, at the right time. These are life-changing decisions and they are good! Giving me the opportunity to train my mad monkey mind and ego from always wanting to take control and drive my life. This past 2 years has given me great stories to share with others on what I have learned on this journey.
8. I am grateful to have the time to study new ideas, find more fabulous, like-minded people where I can serve their mission and help more people. I do not have to own it or build it all on my own. There are many great people doing great work. Together we are better!
9. I am grateful to be alive and learning to WAKE UP! Be in the moment, to let go of fear. To continue to take leaps of faith, but with Spirit holding me, not by trial and error, but in action toward an ever-changing goal. Climbing the mountain, one step at a time and enjoying the journey, my companions and the scenery along the path.
10. I am grateful that my business associates are like-minded and caring during these difficult economic times. That they are doing everything they can to change the flow of their businesses to assist all of us. Allowing me to keep my promises to the people who have believed in me. Their hearts are strong and so are their ethics. Others not as noble could/would have turned their backs on all of us and walked away.
I Thank the Universal Spirit for allowing me to stop spinning so many plates and to really find out what is important to me and how that might assist others on their own path through this economic trial.
With deep gratitude,
Sherry Hinrichs
November 26th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Jeff,
Great inspiration. We could all use just a little extra this time of year.
Thanx for thinking of us.
God Bless
Happy Thanksgiving.
Adam Bossen
November 26th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
We cultivate gratitude – not for anything we have or anything we’ve done – simply because we ARE and have been given the gift of a life that knows it’s being lived. What a miracle!
Having an “Attitude of Gratitude” continually IS success, and has a value money cannot buy.
Thanks for the reminder, Jeff.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Just getting my Thanks Giving day started here in Hawaii, but I am grateful for all your efforts and wish you and your family and Happy Thanks Giving
Rick
November 26th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Hi, Jeff:
I hope when you see/read all these posts and understand the impact and positive influence you’ve had on all these folks just by stepping outside your own comfort zone, you will realize that you can be your authentic ‘deep’ self and people will still love and support you. Don’t you see that THAT is what people really want…and need…especially in light of everything going on around us these days? People want connection, human-ness. Our businesses need to be heart-centered and we will find true fulfillment only when that is so…
Peace & blessings to you and yours!
November 26th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Jeff, you’re right on target. I don’t know why you were nervous. Gratitude is the natural response for those who know that the world does not revolve around them. They understand the plight of others and recognize that all that they have is a gift. In addition, when we pour ourselves into the lives of others, something very, very special occurs. We are blessed beyond belief. The more we give, the more we get back…and not just tangibly. I’m sure you’d agree that the intangible rewards are the most precious of all. God bless, Jason G.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Thanks Jeff, I felt so grateful about gratitude I wrote a book on it! Nice post.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Thanks Jeff. I just read The Power Of Gratitude by Wes Hopper. Gratitude is a major key to our successes. Happy Thanksgiving!!
God Bless You,
Marilyn Jones
November 26th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Gratitude is powerful, yet most only do it when things are going well. The key is accepting all things at all times, in all ways.
http://www.adventuresofthefearless.com
November 26th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Hi Jeff:
An absolutely great reminder of all that God has given us to be able to enjoy and be thankful for. Do you ever stop to think of where your next breath comes from, or where it came from in the very beginning? Well, God breathed the breath of life into man when He created him, and that, my friends, is what I am so grateful for today. The breath of life is your LIFE, and I will never be ashamed of my faith and belief in God Almighty for all that He has given me. My prayer for each and every one is to have a very blessed day with your loved ones and family. For without “family”, what would we have? Yes, write down what you are thankful for today. It’s important! One of my very good friends called me first thing this morning and told me his sister had died of cancer, and I’m supposed to think I have it bad because of whatever? No way! Enjoy your families, and have a wonderful day of…..
~GIVING THANKS ~
God Bless You One and All….
Bob Schaffer
November 26th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Hi Jeff,
It’s nice to hear you come from your heart.
And what you say is so true.
We have so much to be thankful for even if it’s just a roof over our heads and food at our tables.
Have a lovely Thanksgiving.
Blessings to you and your family,
Warmly,
Adrienne
November 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Jeff Walker is so cool. What a writer, too! God, he writes badass copy.
November 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Great post Jeff, you read my mind!!! I was just thinking on the lines of the same thing that I should be more aware of all the positive things in my life and be thankful for everything that I have!
Life is too short to be stuck on focusing on all the negative! Once you’re able to let go and focus on what really matters to you then you can move forward and be free of this misery that everyone brings on themselves at one point or another in their life.
I’ll make sure to save this page and read it again, Thanks Jeff have a Happy Turkey Day!!!!
Take Care,
Cory Crabb
November 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Hi Jeff,
Great stuff!
Have a wonderful day.
Cool runnings,
Mark L - SWS Senior Instructor
November 26th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I’m grateful for the love and support in my life. As crazy as it may sound I’m currently fighting urethral cancer. In my case as a 40yr old athlete it makes me the first in Canada. And yet, I’m grateful
In every way people have come forward to offer love and support. It’s mind boggling. From clients and business associates to friends and family I’m humbled by the outpouring of love.
And if THAT isn’t enough to be grateful for… I’m still breathing
God Bless Jeff!
November 26th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Over the last month I’ve been noting the things that I’m grateful for at a free online service http://www.gratitudelog.com/
It does seem to make a difference when you have to actually think about what you are grateful for. You realize that most of us are v. lucky and have a wonderful life which is improved with being grateful
November 26th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
G - iving
R - eflection
A - ttention
T - ime
I - nside
T - ruth
U - pholding
D - ivine
E - xperience
We create our own reality and we are grateful to be sharing this world with all of you!
In Sustainable Solidarity
Dandarius
November 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Thanks Jeff for sharing from your heart with us.
I’m grateful today for my wonderful husband of 40 yrs.!! And my children and grandchildren. Actually too much to list here.
I’m also thankful that you’re providing this content for us to learn from.
Have a Blessed Day….
November 26th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Have a wonderful and blessed time everybody!
November 26th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
The practice will incease your level of awareness and make it possible to provide greqtere service to world and in turn reap greater reard.
Well Done.
Thank you
November 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Dear Jeff,
Thank you for the wonderful post:) I couldn’t agree more. Ever since I embraced the “attitude of gratitude” I’ve been feeling happier, more optimistic, vibrant and joyous. Gratitude is the best food for the spirit, because it comes from truly getting to know yourself and your power to create whatever reality you wish. Many highly successful people throughout the history knew that true success had to start from within and was embodied in the equilibrium of spiritual, intellectual and physical.
So, the power of gratitude is not “woo woo” and “out there”. It’s common sense when you look at the results of the greatest men who ever lived.
Thank you for being open and for reminding all of us of this wonderful “SOFTWARE” that we come to this world fully equipped with to DOMINATE ANY NICHE OF LIFE WE CHOOSE AND AVOID BEING SLAPPED BY THE BIG G (read however you wish! LOL
Have a happy Thanksgiving, and fellow Americans: try not to kill too many turkeys this time:)
Edita from Serbia
November 26th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Thanks Jeff. I’m glad you had the courage to share your thoughts on Gratitude. I’ve observed that yes, people do make money without the discipline of gratitude being prominent in their lives but, they rarely keep it and the other areas of their lives are often sadly lacking in happiness.
I don’t think we can effectively help others unless we are consciously aware of how much we have, how much we can do and how much we can achieve and share with others.
If we are aware of these principles, we will most definitely be grateful - each and every day.
I’m a newbie to your list and so far, I love what I have read and learned.
Many thanks - and I’m very grateful to you.
Wendy Bryan,
Vic. Aust.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Hi Jeff,
First email looked at as they came in was yours.
I have read every post but I have found that there are a few items missing.
These may sound harsh but they are not.
The death of a loved one.
I am thankful for the privilege of having that time with them and I always believe they are better off in the peace and tranquillity they now have whether you believe in heaven or not; they can no longer be hurt in any form.
The abandonment by a child to whom you devoted your life to and no longer wants anything to do with you.
I am grateful because I had the joy of those 18 or so years where I was able to teach the rules to live by including GRATITUDE, even though I get none His family does.
I am finding it very hard to make ends meet.
But that gives me strength to keep going, to continue trying to better my IM and my stubbornness in getting my charity web site up and running properly with all the links working and the buttons set up properly as it is so desperately needed here.
http://Grandmas-Place.info
I trust this is not a worry for you to put the URL up, as I am in the later part of my life I want to get this going and my measly estate will hopefully be enough to care for it once I have gone.
Being broken into and have most of your items stolen that has taken you over 38 years to get together.
But now I do not have to worry about those items any more and once my place is sold I do not have so much to pack. I will miss the items that where precious to me but a memory of them does not take up any space and no one can get them any more.
Your posts has given me the wake up call I needed,
I do not need to fret about these things. I have been able to turn them into A GRATITUDE list as you can see and I trust it will also help others to weather their storms by turning them into sun shinning days for years to come.
Although I am not getting anywhere fast on the net and my income is none existent I am so grateful to my friends on the net and their email (usually 186 per day) sometimes they seam a pain but most of the time they are welcome as I have no close friends as I live in the bush a good distance from most people.
Emails are so great no postage, envelopes or travel to post them. You can write what you want and there is only a slight chance of the recipient not getting it and within a few minutes.
Oh Jeff and All how lucky we are and HOW GRATFULL WE SHOULD ALL BE FOR JUST LIVING.
Thanks Friend I look forward to hearing from you all the time along with all the other friends I have made.
Trust your Thanks Giving was Wonderful
Take care
Dale
November 26th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Hey Jeff, I agree, we should be thankful for everything that we have and everything that we have had the privalage to do in life. Thanks for the post.
Ps, I also agree with the requests to make the case studies down loadable, as it is a crazy season coming up. Thanks for everything, Teresa Blaes
November 26th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Actually, Jeff, I would have to say that the topic of “gratitude” is EXTREMELY relevant to marketing and business-building - if you’re really “in it” for the long haul.
I learned the Discipline of Gratitude from my parents as I helped out in our family-operated grocery store, in a small rural community. Showing gratitude to our customers was high on the list of priorities.
And just like you say, it’s actually a very easy discipline to develop and maintain. We WERE grateful for those customers walking through our front door, and we knew our own success relied on providing those people what they wanted - thus instilling gratitude in THEM as well.
Mutual gratitude, respect, and trust between the business person(s) and the customer are the core foundation of every successful, solid, and growing business. If those components are missing, the business missing them soon will be as well!
Thanks for taking this slight little detour. I’s important for people to know that businesspeople are people first and foremost, and business-minded second. Knowing yourself is vital if you truly to seek to know others - which most real businesses will require of you at some level.
Thanks for being YOU, and for sharing THAT with us today!
November 26th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Jeff my name is Nick Paterson and I live in a beutiful part of the planet called New Zealand
My friend if ever you are down in this part of the World please give me a call on the E mail I will gladly show you around and introduce you to a lot of like minded people
Peace and love
Nick Paterson
November 27th, 2009 at 12:30 am
Good stuff Jeff, thanks for the reminder to be grateful.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Like you, I choose to be thankful every day for all I have been given.
Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season!
Sincerely,
Terry A Shackelford
November 27th, 2009 at 1:52 am
I don’t think we can separate the people that we are from the the business that we’re in, Jeff.
It’s nice to have an insight into Jeff the person, and his values, and to see how aligned they are to mine. It makes me appreciate you and your work - what you teach and bring - so much more.
Thank you for this insight into you as a person, and thank you for having the strength to do what so many of us are evolving to do: bring our values and beliefs into our work - to live and walk our talk. I am deeply grateful that you took this bold step: thank you for making it that much easier for me and everyone else who reads this to follow in your footsteps.
Thank you for this reminder and blessing.
Warm Regards,
Chemory
PS: Have you noticed how people are responding with their names and not pseudonyms? How they are almost proud (for lack of a better word) to be a part of this experience? I know I am.
[[ COMMENT FROM JEFF: that’s an EXCELLENT observation about people using their real names. This blog post and everyone’s reaction has been a big learning experience for me (maybe for all of us.) ]]
November 27th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Thank you for sharing this deep and insightful email with me. It showsme the inner side of Jeff Walker as a person. I think in business you should show your inner personality occasionally. People like to know you are real & they will trust you more in business! Again thank you & you and your family have Happiness, abundance, & good health during the holidays!
November 27th, 2009 at 6:13 am
Amen Jeff,
Thanks for taking the time to share with us. You are absolutely right — as I get older (now 47) I realize how important being greatful each and every day is. Somehow when we are young we take a lot for granted. Life experiences bring us to reality.
Happy Holidays everyone!
November 27th, 2009 at 7:14 am
I bet it feels very grateful to link the gratitude of people with your product.:)
Now, they already feel thankful towards you. So, buying your new product becomes second nature.
Thanks for your gratitude. I’m grateful for it.:)
November 27th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Thanks Jeff.. GRATITUDE is my highest value, and I’m thankful for your contribution. It is because of your integrity of spirit that I resonate with you as a business leader, and a wonderful soul on this planet. Thank You!
p.s. I’m so grateful to be mentored by you in your PLM program. Very honored, excited and proud to be a part of your community.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I found this ’secret’ out about my marriage. The more grateful I was about my husband the more I loved him. Sometimes I was grateful that he had a job and he was AT it, but the more I reminded myself that I was grateful the less I had to remind myself. It was a game that I played with myself to feel great. The kicker is that about a year after starting my little exercise he came to me and said that he didn’t know why I had become so much more loving over the past year, but that he really appreciated it. He was happier too and I had never said anything to him or even realized that I had changed. That was 20 years ago and it made a good marriage even better.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Thanks for expressing yourself as a person-a pause in the super, hypey marketing. Not that we don’t enjoy that, but it’s soooo the norm, that a break periodically is nice. I hope you had a blessed and grand day!!
November 27th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Jeff
Here is your conclusion on Gratitude…
“But here’s the magic part - when you exercise the
Discipline of Gratitude you will not only be
happier… but you’re going to start to achieve
more in your life.”
I want to add…gratitude has more possible outcomes beyond happiness and achievement. Gratitude can also lead to helpfulness, sharing and service to people who have not enjoyed many things we tend to take for granted, including food, shelter, safety, education, freedom, etc.
I like your conversation on gratitude…I feel the conversation just begins with happiness and achievement.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Thanks for that Jeff. For my own experience, I’ve found that the people and things I remain most grateful for become more abundant and meaningful.
Thanks again…
Bill
November 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
So true….I am going through some family transitions right now. However, I am stillso grateful for my health, my siblings and children. And for a mind that is focused and clear about what it is I am ready to pursue and support others in their business endeavors.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Hello Jeff. We don’t celebreate thanksgiving in the UK, but (some of us) do the gratitude bit - like every day. I’m one of the lucky ones who got on to your list just before you closed shop. Lucky & grateful, because I am fortunate enough to be the receiver of your magnanimous gift of sharing so much with all and sundry. Giving back something for nothing is true generosity. At 74 years of age, I salute you.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Hello Jeff & Greetings from Guatemala,
You are soooo right about taking time to reflect on everything that fills the heart with gratitude.
I live here in Guatemala, I was born in the U.S. but my wife is Guatemalan. We spend our time doing what we can to help improve the standard of living and health of indigenous people, for the most part Kekchi Mayans.
I must confess that I have not in the past put my mind to looking into generating funds via the internet.
Jeff, if you could show me how to, HONESTLY, generate funds, it could definetly expand the sphere of what we do here i.e. I am a teacher and help set up education programs, find sponsors so that, kids that are in families that are so poor that they barely exist, can get an education and we also help collect food and do what we can to get doctors and other health care workers to come here and go with us to various Mayan villages to search out and provide treatment to these people who live in a country where even in the hospitals there is not in mant cases medicine available to treat the peoples healt problems.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, another thing for me to be grateful for, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Mitch Chickelero
P.S.: Here is how we may be contacted, other than e-mail.
Mitch & Olga Chickelero
Apartado General
Fronteras, Livingston
Izabal, Guatemala 18002
Phone #´s (Dialing from the U.S.:
011-502-5060-7191 & 011-502-4581-6958
(We have 8 digit phone #´s.
November 27th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
As the 12th Century Christian mystic Meister Eckhart once said “if the only prayer we were ever to say was thank you, it would be enough”.
Thank you
Sean
November 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I understand that reluctance to put yourself out there in a vulnerable position. I guess I could be flip and say that it doesn’t matter what others think, but in small insignificant ways, it does. Being totally un-flip, I would have worried myself sick about it. You said it well, I can always use the reminder.
Be thankful for what you have, and what you don’t have…..
Sheeghna
November 27th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
A good book that deals with this subject along with a similar ones is “The Generosity Factor” by Ken Blanchard. I highly recommend it, powerful and very motivating!
November 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Dear Jeff,
Though express gratitude daily in prayer; the exercise of typing a list and knowing it was endless brought many things into prospective.
This is a wonderful time of year and we most definately have much more to be grateful for than we generally contemplate on a daily basis.
It’s people like you who are willing to suggest we might want to stop and think about it more that make a difference in our lives.
MANY Thank you’S for giving of yourself, your time and your talents to assist us all to improve ourselves and our lives.
Warm regards,
Louise
November 28th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This was a great reminder, I felt so much better after writing my list.
Yours gratefully,
Clemency
November 28th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Gratitude is one of the best resources for resilience there is. It can bring extraordinary success to the creative process, and unfold into new paradigms, of both self-care and service to others. It is an essential chapter in the book of moving ahead, being healthy, enjoying life, becoming solvent.
Thanks, Jeff. Any thread that goes from Meister Eckhart to the mindfulness of the (21stc.) present, must come from a post writer whose resonance is deep and broad.
November 28th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Excellent point, Jeff!
If you’re alive, that’s the 1st thing
to be grateful for.
ANYTHING(S) else is “icing on the cake”.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Jeff, Great thoughts man. We seem to only appreciate what we have when we no longer have it. But to truly be grateful is to be thankful for the small and big everyday. I play a game daily to find things in my life to recognize i am grateful for and more seems to follow. I praise God for it in Jesus name.
be blessed man.
November 29th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Thanks for reminding us, Jeff. Thank you for your courage to say it in these tumultuous days when God is being at best ignored.
This is a special day indeed but thanking God for all we get is a daily event not only one day a year.
Father in heaven we humbly thank you for the wisdom you granted us and for the unalienable right to liberty, life and the pursuit of happiness, in Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:41 am
I appreciate you sharing your thoughts, Jeff. You are exactly right - life is better when we are thankful for what we have rather than gripe about what we don’t have. My father-in-law died a few days before Thanksgiving which required a drive to CO (from MS no less!) for the funeral the day after Thanksgiving. Pretty sucky b/c we were on the road Thanksgiving day. But instead of getting down about how depressing the whole scenario was, I chose to find as much good in it as I could. In the end,I got to enjoy some of the most beautiful scenery in the world (if only for a few hours). I got to see nieces and nephews I hadn’t seen in years. And me, my husband and daughters had some great “bonding time” while driving. So although it was still not pleasant and we all would have preferred more time with him, I discovered that a good attitude could at least make it better. Just one more thing, after many years of trials in my life, I finally learned to wake up thanking God for my past, my present and my future. And when I started doing that, my life began to get better … just like you said! So, thanks again, Jeff, for the reminder and God bless you!
December 1st, 2009 at 9:34 am
Grateful to Whom? I see what you are grateful for, but not really to Whom.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:07 am
No one can be truly Happy unless operating from a
position of Gratitude…
Thanks for sharing Jeff!
Bruce