Tool: Gratitude

So how do you get beyond discomfort and start to feel authentic when you appreciate others?

You just do it!

Anything new is uncomfortable; any change will be resisted by the brain. So you need to push your way out of your comfort zone and practise until you find a new comfort zone - as you did when you learned to ride a bicycle, drive a car or use a new mobile phone. It wasn't authentic, automatic or even comfortable at first. It was awkward, clumsy and it took some focus and repetition to master it. It is the same for giving appreciation.

Practising gratitude is a place to start.

Put it into practice

The more you practise, the easier it is. Spending a little bit of time regularly to focus on gratitude changes your brain and your orientation to your life and to others.

Take a moment to practice gratitude right now.

Step 1

Set a 2 minute timer on your phone.

Step 2

Take that time to focus on and write down what you are grateful for in your life. Your health, wealth, privileges, access to healthy food and healthcare, your home, friends, colleagues, your education, job and career, the opportunities you have had and so on. These are easy to take for granted, but you would really miss them if you didn’t have them.

Step 3

Set another 1 minute timer and focus on the changes you have made in this programme and how those have positively affected others. Appreciate yourself for that.

Next: How to appreciate an individual

Tool: Gratitude

How it works

Put it into practice

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