Name: This Happiness-Boosting Habit Might Even Beat Gratitude
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Hey, it’s Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV, the place to be to create a business

Now, this week here in the US we are celebrating one of my favorite holidays, Thanksgiving.

Now here’s the deal, I love this holiday because it’s not about material gifts.

It’s about friends, it’s about family, and connection, and food.

Now, as you may know, a typical practice is that people sit around the Thanksgiving dinner

table and they often take turns sharing what they’re grateful for.

Well, this season I have got something new for you to try and here’s what’s great.

It’s something that you can do all year long.

So instead of saying what we’re grateful for, what we’re gonna do is say what we

Now, you might be thinking, “Hold up, Marie.

So for our purposes I want you to think about gratitude as the quality of being thankful.

Now, most of the time when we talk about things that we’re grateful for we’re referring

to things we have in our life like, I don't know.

“I’m grateful for my job” or “I’m grateful for my husband.”

Gratitude is a very transformative force.

It’s about recognizing something great in someone else and letting them know about it.

And as Steven Covey taught us, “the greatest need of a human being is to be understood,

So this year, why not go around the holiday table and publicly appreciate each person?

So talk about something specific that you love or admire about them.

“Zach, I appreciate how creative you are, how thoughtful you are, how much you juje

the set of MarieTV, and, most importantly, how you are willing to do the Flashdance solo

“Jams, I appreciate your sense of humor, your laughter.

And you, my friend, are a snazzy dresser.

I appreciate how you laugh at my jokes when nobody else does, and that’s the thing I

I appreciate how creamy and fluffy and light and delicious and salty you are.

You get better every year and you make me feel so warm and fluffy.”

And if you’re not used to giving people compliments, here is an appreciation template

“First name, I so appreciate your BLANK,” and here you’re gonna insert a quality like

courage or tenacity or thoughtfulness or sense of humor.

Next you’ll say, “I say that because of BLANK.”

Then you’re gonna share some specific details and evidence of how they embody that trait

If you put some thought into this, I promise you will find truth in this here tweetable:

Now, even though I love that statement, I did not make that one up.

You know, it’s one of those classic bits of wisdom that’s almost impossible to trace

But I do know that Lynn Twist, the author of one of my favorite books called The Soul

of Money, has done a brilliant job spreading this idea too.

You know, the grass is always greener where you water it, and this is especially true

The more you can express genuine appreciation for people in your life, the stronger your

relationships will become, and the more fulfilling your life will be.

Let us get this appreciation party started right now.

In the comments below, tell me at least one person in your life that you appreciate and

And if you really want to blow their minds, send them a link to this post so they can

see all those kind words you said about them publicly and in print.

Now, as always, the very best conversations happen after the episode over at the wonderful

land of MarieForleo.com, so head on over and leave a comment now.

And once you’re there, be sure to subscribe to our email list and become an MF Insider.

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You’ll also get some exclusive content and special giveaways and personal updates from

me that frankly, I don't share anywhere else.

I appreciate you for watching our show, for sharing our show, and for allowing us to be

So stay on your game and keep going for your dreams, because the world needs that very

Thank you so much for watching and I’ll catch you next time on MarieTV.

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