Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

What are YOU grateful for today? 😊#shorts

28 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Nick Hutchison acknowledges the pervasive stress and negativity in today’s world—ranging from news cycles and political division to the lingering effects of the pandemic and rising inflation. He pivots to a more hopeful perspective by recommending Donald Sandell’s book Positive Mindshift, reading a key quote that frames gratitude as a way to occupy mental space that would otherwise be filled with negativity. Using a jar metaphor, Hutchinson explains that constantly filling the “jar” with negative media leads to a bleak worldview, whereas focusing on gratitude fills it with positivity. He highlights a specific practice from the book: cultivating gratitude not daily but every third day, emphasizing that dosage matters. The video ends with a call to action, urging viewers to check out the book and comment below with something they are grateful for today.

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Let's face it, we are surrounded by stress everywhere we look. The news is negative, our politicians and social media feeds are divisive, we just went through a global pandemic, inflation is on the rise— insert whatever negative type of thing you'd like. But the reality is we live in a beautiful world, and books like this, Positive Mindshift by author Donald Sandell, help remind me of that. I'd like to read you a quote from the book that really helped strengthen my perspective on gratitude. Donald says, quote, by being thankful and noticing the good things, we take up space that would normally be filled by negativity. Picture yourself as an empty jar ready to be filled up by whatever you're going to consume every day. And if you flip on the news and fill it up with negativity, that's the lens through which you're going to see the world, right through that little jar. But if you instead focus on gratitude, you can fill up that space that would normally be full of negativity with positivity. And inside of this book, Donald gives some great examples on how you can practice gratitude, not on a daily basis, but every third day. Dosage really does matter. And to learn more about that, you've got to check out this book, Positive Mindshift, by author Donald Sandell. It's a really great book, and I think you're gonna love it. Comment down below and drop something that you're grateful for today.