Welcome back to the daily gratitude minute. This is Scott Colby from say it with gratitude. I often talk about gratitude in the workplace. And when I do, I like to emphasize that gratitude in the workplace starts with you. I think it's important to have a personal gratitude practice first. Before you can spread it to others. And the reason I say that, so think about the benefits of gratitude, right. And having a gratitude practice.

The research shows. There's a multitude of benefits. A couple of them being be more positive. You have less anxiety, less stress, more. Optimism. So think about if you're living in an attitude of. Uh, not being grateful and complaining and being down and being anxious and overwhelmed and stressed. So you're not your best. How can you be expected to lift other people up with gratitude?

If you're feeling so low yourself. So I don't think you can effectively have a gratitude practice at work where you're appreciating other people. If you were feeling bad yourself. So that's why I think it's important that gratitude starts with you and that you have your own gratitude practice. First self gratitude, right?

And thinking about all the things that you appreciate in your life so that you can live a more optimistic, positive. And uplifting. Day by day life. So what are ways you can live a more gratitude? I'm not going to go into too much detail here in this episode, but find a way to express gratitude on a consistent basis that resonates with you. Maybe it's journaling.

Maybe it's writing handwritten notes. Could be keeping a gratitude jar, could be making gratitude videos for other people or gratitude phone calls. Could be doing an act of kindness or volunteering in your community. Whatever that looks like for you doing on a consistent basis. Watch to see how your attitude and mood change.

And when you're uplifted by yourself, gratitude practice, you can begin to uplift others in the workplace with gratitude as well. Hope this helps. If you want some more ideas on implementing gratitude at work, go to my free [email protected]. Got a lot of goodies for you to download I'm Scott Colby with say it with gratitude. And this has been the daily gratitude minute.

Cheers.