Gratitude can transform your leadership style #scalingup

9 Jul 2024 · 0 min

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A short spoken reflection by Bill Gallagher describing a long-running calendar reminder that reads "grateful." He explains that when the reminder appears he pauses to ask what he appreciates, which reliably surfaces gratitude directed at others or felt internally. The anecdote illustrates a simple, repeatable gratitude practice connected to leadership and self-awareness.

I have a gratitude reminder to this day, like, 20 years later in my calendar. I used to have two, and it just says grateful. But when it comes up, I pause for a minute and I'm like, what is there to be grateful for? And I. There's always something. And I, I, sometimes I am grateful, like, actively to someone else, or sometimes it's just in my own head. But that moment of, like, what is it that I appreciate here, you know?