21 Days of Growing Gratitude
Chester Elton
Executive Coach | Keynote Speaker | Culture as a Competitive Advantage. I teach leaders how to build high-performing teams in a rapidly changing world
by Chester Elton
I am the Apostle of Appreciation. I love the title. It's not a marketing ploy; it's my identity, who I am, and how I aspire to live and lead my life. Appreciation and gratitude aren't just things I preach; I practice them daily.
I'm always looking for ways to express and experience gratitude and opportunities to grow my gratitude practice. Over the past two weeks, I've had great fun being part of 21-Days of growing Gratitude. It's a global app-assisted journey hosted by my friend, Kevin Monroe.
September 21 is World Gratitude Day, and Kevin decided to do something unique. His team noted 21 days in September leading up to World Gratitude Day and asked,?"What could we do over those 21 days?"
Kevin said an inspired idea is where innovation begins. "When inspiration knocks at the door, I've learned two things. First, open the door, saying 'yes' to the inspired idea. And then take action. Do something."
Instead of developing a comprehensive 90-day roll-out plan, Kevin immediately started on a quest to grow gratitude globally and generationally. Thus the 21 Days of Growing Gratitude was born. They discovered something magical. Gratitude grows when given away. People worldwide started to gather, prompted by a daily thought to direct their gratitude. And reading each other's gratitude stories only made them more grateful.
Gratitude experienced is better than gratitude explained.?Having sat through too many lectures about the benefits of gratitude, Kevin said they were trying to help people to understand gratitude intellectually. As the pandemic unfolded and anxiety skyrocketed, people needed to encounter and experience gratitude, to feel it in their heart, not just comprehend it with their heads.
I am taking Kevin's 21-day challenge, and I love it. I pop in for 5-10 minutes once or twice a day to share what I'm grateful for and connect with others to share and celebrate their gratitude. You can join us (there's no cost) at?LetsGrowGratitude.com.
What ways do you express and experience gratitude? I always love to hear your stories. Let's see how much gratitude we can grow way beyond World Gratitude Day.
Love and gratitude,
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2 年I love everything about this movement. The world needs more Grace, Gratitude, Kindness and Love. If we could just get everyone to jump on board, the world we live in would be an amazing place to be, not a place to be feared or where you heard or read about kidnappings, shootings, murders, and sex trafficking's every few minutes or in headlines. Personally I choose Gratitude, Kindness and Positivity every single day. A simple smile can make someone's day, all of my emails are ended with a "thank you and have a blessed day". My daughter and I have been painting and spreading Kindness rocks around Fort Worth and Dallas since the beginning of Covid. From showing our gratitude towards first responder workers, hospitals, neighborhoods, to schools. It's our way to spread a little bit of kindness everywhere we go. I think it makes us just as happy as it does the receivers! Can't wait to read these books. ?? Thank you so much for spreading this through social media and businesses everywhere. Great idea. Have a blessed Day everyone!
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2 年Chester Elton Dear Chester. It’s good to hear from you, as always. Thank you for your kind invitation, I am delighted to accept. Just sharing my recent gratitude story. I am so grateful for my first cohort of leaders for enrolling on my Leadership Masterclass, and we discussed ‘gratitude’ and ‘appreciation’ and how leaders can demonstrate they value their people through these expressions. You are doing awesome work to raise awareness of gratitude, and I express my personal gratitude to you for that. With gratitude and respect. Best wishes
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2 年It is a tremendous opportunity to hit a reset on recognizing all we have to be grateful for in life!
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