Be thankful

Be thankful

In your road to success and fulfillment you will undoubtedly feel stress. You will feel burnout and fatigue. You will think about your goal and it will seem like a pipe dream, like it is a light-year away. If this is the case, you want to focus on what you do have, on the blessings in your life, and show a little gratitude. Do you want a $1,000,000? Well you have $1,000, and that is more than some. Do you want to take the road in a Maserati? You have a Mini, and it gets you from A to B.

The authors of the book ‘The Power of Thanks’ (Irvine and Mosley, 2015) believe that gratitude creates perspective and allows you to take stock of more than just the fleeting stressors of a busy schedule. According to the book, there are more than 10 scientifically proven benefits of gratitude, including that grateful people achieve more, with research showing higher levels of enthusiasm and academic achievement. As well as this, gratitude lowers stress and increases emotional wellbeing over time. Furthermore, grateful people are less likely to burnout and are able to stick to a task and so will be more likely to see it through. So, if you increase your gratitude, this will give you more to be grateful for in the long term!