Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

In our last couple +1s, we talked about the science of gratitude and explored some tips on Robert Emmons’ #1 practice: Gratitude Journaling.   Today I want to chat about one of the distinctions I most loved from his book Gratitude Works!   He tells us: “Think about and then write down those aspects of your life that you are prone to take for granted. Instead, take them as granted.”   I just LOVE that distinction.    Ungrateful people tend to take things (and people!) for granted.    For example, we take for granted all of the astonishing modern benefits that make our lives possible: like a warm house, a car, a smartphone, the Internet and all the other magical marvels of modern life.   Robert tells us we’d be wise to move from taking people and things FOR GRANTED to seeing them AS GRANTED.   Let’s think about that for a moment longer.   We can take the amazing people and goodness in our lives FOR GRANTED or AS GRANTED.    It may not seem like a big deal, but it’s a REALLY big distinction