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·Express your gratitude to people at work who help you or makes things run more smoothly.
But don’t stop with these ideas.
Discuss this concept with your colleagues, employees and family. Ask them for suggestions. When we take part in planning and figure things out, we’re more invested.
No matter how “bad” you think your day has gone, there are dozens of things that go well. Burning dinner amounts to an hour’s worth of time, while you successfully completed grocery-shopping, found a parking place, cleaned kitchen, found perfect gift for your mother-in-law, read to children, and many other things.
You may have failed to get a donation from a certain donor, but you engaged some new volunteers, organized your office filing system, got a call from press, got a grant accepted, and got a compliment from your boss on how well things were going.
When we focus only on what goes wrong, we magnify it way out of proportion. From minute you wake up in morning feeling good and having a house and food on table, to time you tuck children in bed at night and crawl into clean sheets with your honey, there is much to be grateful for.
Focusing on positive, and being grateful for what goes right, feels good, works out, and succeeds can make your day go a lot better – and possibly affect your health as well.
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