158 - A simple act of Gratitude - See one, do one, teach one

“A simple act of gratitude”  John Kralik was an LA based attorney with a crappy life. He couldn’t afford to pay his employees, he was overweight, overworked, on his 2nd divorce, living in a small apartment with no air conditioning. On New Years Day, he decided he was going to write a thank you note, handwritten and sent through the mail, every day of the year. John said that writing the thank you notes over the course of the year taught him to value the good things and created a discipline of positive focus. “Gratitude presses outwards and that creates good feelings in the universe. A lot of that comes back to you eventually,” To paraphrase Edmund Wilson, gratitude is one of those rare things you get more of by giving it away. I did this through Key 5 Coaching last January, and it changed my outlook. I wrote to college professors, bosses, family members, patients, former players. Some acknowledged them, others I didn’t hear from. And all of them I looked forward to writing and thinking about who I was going to write to the next day. I knew that on the other side of that note was a big smile of someone who felt appreciated. For all I knew that note was the highlight of their day.