Being ambitious and going for more has a built-in problem. We can start to feel dissatisfied with where we are when what we want doesn’t come fast enough.
Jim Rohn famously said “Learn to be happy with all you have, while you pursue all you want.”
Being grateful is a productive virtue. When you take a minute to be grateful, it’s good for your happiness and well-being and helps to settle feelings of dissatisfaction, despair, and unfairness.
For each of us, it could be a LOT worse. Even good things going on around you are blessings for you.
What is going right in your life?
What blessings do you have?
You are an incredible human being for what you pay forward, especially today. Have a great weekend, Larry!
Salespeople are grateful for you Larry! Every day is a blessing to be thankful for. I have no complaints.
I recently heard a Andrew Huberman interview where he talked about the release of dopamine that occurs during the pursuit of the goal. He connected it with the sort of irritating feeling I experience when I am churning a problem I am trying to improve in my business. He said that is a dopamine release. He also spoke of the down feeling we feel once a big goal is achieved. I know I’d experience that “hangover” after a big mountain bike race I had worked toward. I connected that with the sense of more so enjoying the journey of progressing toward my business goals, instead of being discouraged that I am not there yet. Between thought provoking content like that, and your ongoing inspiration, I am starting the year on good footing.
Amen!
Well said. Attitude of Gratitude
I feel like this year has shown me that my hard work from the past year has finally paid off. Whether it be fighting for a salary increase and proving how my work equates to the increase, or supporting my boyfriend as he spent 2 months on PhD applications (He just got into Dartmouth’s PhD program for Neuroscience!!) I think that being taught from a young age not to quit and that things in life dont come easy is my driving force. But at the same time, one boss I had back in high school was someone I really enjoyed discussing the deeper meaning with, and she told me, “Don’t forget to stop and smell the roses”. This is valuable, especially in today’s world, as everything is fast-paced, and you think you always have to be one step ahead, but you should stop and be happy with where you are right then. You’ll always get older, and you’ll always have more opportunities, but you will never have this age, this time, these people again.
I’m grateful for plants that photosynthesize and produce oxygen for us to breathe and carbohydrates for us to eat.
Paul wrote he learned to be content in all circumstances. Take stock of the blessings you have had bestowed upon you…and use them to bless others
The rights got to be health and also the blessing, i was yesterday contemplating the colors of the sunset blue to purple to yellow with orange clouds, very good moment. think daily motivated! Thanks