Gratitude During Challenging Times with Liz Howard
Release Date: 11/23/2020
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info_outlineHow do you talk about gratitude after this painful year? Liz shares we will find whatever we look for, so choose to control your own mind, find things worthy of your gratitude. Think about how great people around you are and how many have jumped in to help where they saw a need. Liz is encouraging you to think about how much you have to be thankful for on this episode of The Leadership Coaching Group.
Liz believes it is one of the most self-empowering things to take responsibility, to know that you do, in fact, have an impact on your own life. She says that at a bare minimum, you can shift your perspective to one of curiosity and playfulness and see that you have the power to affect your life experience.
She offers a challenge to you to own your role in your life, start seeing where you have a responsibility and where you played a role. Then consider how you want to affect things going forward. Happy Thanksgiving!
In This Episode
- [00:35] Liz is talking today about gratitude.
- [02:11] Liz shares stories of people who have jumped in to help and how much goodness there is in the world.
- [03:05] Liz discusses an insight she shared with a group of her friends.
- [04:56] There is no promise of perfection.
- [05:26] Her challenge to you is to own your role in your own life.
- [06:03] Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for listening to the show!
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