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Hey, this is John Gordon with the John Gordon podcast.

And today I want to talk about the power of gratitude. As we celebrate

Thanksgiving, I know there's a lot of people out there that are dealing with stress and anxiety

and worry. And there's a lot of negativity and angst that you're feeling. I want to share with you

the number one hack that literally has changed my life.

And it's a thank you walk.

You see, years ago, I was miserable and negative.

I lost my job, doing a dot-com crash, didn't know how I was going to pay the bills.

And I was so fearful, so anxious, so stressed.

And I was being really negative to my wife.

And she had enough of my negativity. She said, if you don't change, we're over. And she was about to leave me. So I begged her to

stay. And I agreed to change. And I began researching positive psychology. This is during the

emerging field of positive psychology. So there wasn't a lot of research. But I found something

that said that you can't be stressed and thankful at the same time. If you feeling grateful,

you can't be stressed. So I began taking a walk of gratitude every single day. I called it a

thank you walk. And the first week I did it, I felt better. And actually the first day, I felt better, although it was a little

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