Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Brian Tracy
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I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times before. “Gratitude is the answer to everything.” When I hear that I can’t help but roll my eyes and think, “well duh, thanks for the obvious.” It might very well be a cliché, but it does have a grain of truth in it. Gratitude in itself is not a magic answer to all your problems. You can feel grateful for something that doesn’t really benefit you at all, like the weather or your car breaking down.

It might also be ungrateful to feel grateful for what you get out of something that wasn’t intended to benefit you in the first place, like getting an education or finding a job. But there is one thing that gratitude can do that no other feeling can. It can change your life. When you feel grateful for what you have already achieved, it inspires you to keep working harder and longer to achieve more. It makes you want to stay positive and motivated so that you can feel more gratitude when things get better again.

And when you are feeling grateful for what your future holds, it makes you want to work even harder now so that you can appreciate the opportunities that are coming up along the way. I remember reading about people who were born with bad hand-eye coordination, but they worked hard at baseball and basketball and got good enough at them that they could make it in pro sports. They were unable to play regular sports like soccer or tennis because their coordination was not good enough, but they learned to control the ball well enough on penalty shots and free throws so they could make a living off their skills. That is gratitude for me!

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  4. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?
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