The Gratitude ProjectHow Gratitude Will Change

Your Life for the Better

AgendaWhat you want to get out of today’s session Background of my book My Gratitude JournalHow Gratitude changed my life Exercises for you to Express Gratitude:

12 areasExtrasHow to show gratitude in tough circumstancesCreating situations to be grateful for

Lessons Learned from your examples of GratitudeHear an entry from my book?The Gratitude Project – do you want to take part in it?Q&A/DiscussionFeedback: what was the most compelling thing for you?

Background - My Gratitude Journal

Full title is My Gratitude Journal: 365 days of the people & things I’m grateful for and the lessons you can learn from them.

I documented what I was grateful for every day for 1 year.

Doing so generated 212 Lessons Learned for you to help you live your best life.

The book will be out in March and will be available hard copy & via Kindle/Nook. Email me (russ@russterrylifecoach.com) to be put on the list. I’ll contact you once it’s available.

How Gratitude Changed my LifeAn amazing process!! When you train the brain to express gratitude, the

examples of it keep flowing like a bountiful river.I look at life differently. I was always positive but

I’m even more positive now.I treasure loved ones more.I create more situations where I can show

Gratitude. It doesn’t have to be a passive activity.I’m on a mission to inspire and motivate others to

see the power of Gratitude.

Exercises for you to Show Gratitude1. Areas of Life:For each of these 12 areas, document something you’re grateful for:

Family Personal Development

Fun & Enjoyment Personal Finance

Intimate Relationship ME Time

Social Relationships Volunteering/Giving Back

Health/Nutrition/Exercise Physical Environment

Spirituality Career

Exercises for you to Show Gratitude2. Gratitude Extras:

In addition to what you just came up with, document additional gratitude for:

- a person- a thing- an emotion or feeling- an intangible item - can’t touch it – wind, light, sun, waking up

Exercises for you to Show Gratitude3. How to show Gratitude in tough circumstances:

“I’m glad that tragedy didn’t happen to me or my loved ones.”

“This death is going to make me live my life differently.”

“Her funeral was so beautiful. The eulogies were so eloquent and the church was filled with love and great stories about her.”

“I’m grateful I got a bad performance review from my old boss because it forced me to leave that job and embark on an amazing new career.”

Exercises for you to Show Gratitude4. Create situations to be Grateful for:

Be spontaneous.What do you want to do? Go out and do it!Gratitude doesn’t have to be passive.Last exercise: think of a situation you can create

that will result in you being grateful for the experience: Go to a concert Plan a party with friends and family Learn something new

Lessons Learned from being Grateful

Now it’s your turn!

I want to hear from you.

What did you learn by going through all of these exercises?

Want to hear an entry from my book?

Pick a date – any date!

I will read my entry from that day.

Tell me what you think afterward.

Want to undergo the Gratitude Project?

You document something different that YOU are grateful for every day for one full year.

My next book will be an anthology from 10-15 people who did this. Each will write a chapter discussing how it changed their lives.

You will share a baseline – how you live your life now at the start of the project, then the big things that happened for you in that year and finally how your life was transformed!

Email me (russ@russterrylifecoach.com) if you want to do it.

Q&A/Discussion/Feedback

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