Gratitude is the topic that throughout my coaching career I have written the most frequently about, therefore I've titled this blog entry as Gratitude - Part One of Many as I will certainly be writing again and again and again about this.
Of all the great paradigm shift we can make, I don't believe anything is more powerful than moving from just about any negative emotion and attitude to one of gratitude.
For example, if you're feeling as if you are not smart enough to do something, then consider what how smart you actually are in any number of other categories, situations and topics and be grateful for that first. The difference is that once you start acknowleding and and grateful for what you have, you start seeing new opportunities to use what you have. Things you didn't know how to do before, you now suddenly find ways of learning how to do it.
There are many applications to this principle and I'm sure that over time, we're going to discover quite a few of them together.
Coaching Exercises
1. Here's a very simple exercise one of my colleagues asked me to publish in this blog for him, and I'm grateful to be able to do so: "Would you like ti know a really simple way of making your life really great each day? Yes? Just simply write down 5 things each day that you are grateful for. Start your list now, and each day just add to it. It is OK if things appear more than once on your list. When things appear several times, then you being to understand what thingsw in life you are really grateful for." It's a great little exercise my colleagues suggests, and you may find it helpful to keep a Gratitude Journal on hand to write down these inspirations.
2. A step further on the above exercise is to keep the Gratitude Journal near the front door of your home, visible, open and with a pen always there. You can invite visitors to your home to jot down notes of what they're grateful for in life in general. This way, you're encouraging others to celebrate their abundance.
3. Come up with a gratitude-focused exercise of your own. Keep it for yourself or share it with others. (They may be quite grateful to you for sharing it with them.)
All the best,
Noel
Noel Posus - Master Coach
www.askacoach.com
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