EP156- The Power of Gratitude.

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Hello and welcome back everybody to Compounding Daily. I'm your host, Miguel Sanchez. Welcome back to episode 156. First and foremost, excuse me, it feels like I've come a little bit under the weather, so I might be a little sniffly as I record this episode. And I just ask for your patience with me as I gather my breath and get my mucus moving. So with that being said, let's get right into it. Today I have a short episode. Um, lately I've been going with the flow and I have so many moving pieces in my life and so many things uh that I consider valuable, so many different conversations with different people that are bringing different perspectives and different ideas to me. And I uh am human, so understand that maybe sometimes I'm a little bit more enthusiastic about recording an episode than others. Uh and that doesn't take away from the fact that I always want to provide value, but understand that sometimes I'm a little bit more excited to get behind the mic. And I'm very grateful to say that as of late I've been uh very enthusiastic to get behind the mic and share what I'm going through and share uh the perspectives that I'm speaking about. And before we get into today's topic, I want to emphasize on something. I always want to be that first reminder if I can catch you before the beginning of the week gets to you. A reminder that a good attitude is always a choice, and that yes, it's code, and that yes, you may be going through difficulties, and that yes, some people suck, and that yes, you know, sometimes there's obstacles in your way, but at the end of the day, we are all going through some form of difficulty, we are all going through some form of challenge, and it doesn't add any value to you or any person's life when you are the one who shows up and complains and always emphasizes and magnetizes the reality of your misery to others. Like, look at what I'm going through and feel sorry for me and yada yada. Listen, we're all going through it. Most people don't care, and the other half are happy that it's happening to you and not to them. And I'm here to tell you to be the one instead who brings joy to people, the one who instead brings a positive conversation to people, the one who tells people which you know is considered weird, and I know it's weird because people always laugh at me when I say it. Be the one to say happy Monday, happy Monday. I hope you have a great week. And people are like, damn, what is that guy going through? His life must be great. And little do they know, guess what? Just like everybody, difficulties, fears, insecurities, and doubts are all present in my life. So, a good day, a good week, a good life is based upon the good attitude that you choose to have. And with that being said, what a perfect relay into the topic of the day. This is a topic that I speak about often. I've spoken about it multiple times on my morning messages and even more so on the podcast. And now that it's a new year, I'd like to refresh your mind. And if you've been with me for a while, then you heard what I'm about to say in one form or another. But regardless, it doesn't take away from the fact that it is one of the biggest deciding factors in my life as to the progress that I've made that I consider positive for me as an individual, and that is rooted upon an attitude of gratitude. Yes, that's what we're talking about today. Gratitude, the understanding that I believe, right? Because the things that I speak about are things that I believe in, but not only things that I believe in, things that I've experienced. And here's the beauty of this topic. Miguel, me, was a pessimist. I was so pessimistic that at one point I was an atheist. I was cursing the world, I was cursing God, I would blame all my misfortunes on everybody. I would tell the world why the world sucks, why I'm not making progress, why I'm not growing as an individual, why it was my family's fault, why it was my ex-girlfriend's fault, why it was I was always that dude pointing the finger. I was the opposite of what I just told you to do on a Monday. I would show up on a Monday and best believe people would know that I was dissatisfied to be there at that very moment. And now you sit here and you're like, but isn't this guy's podcast about inspiration and motivation? How the hell did he go from that to that? A change of perspective doesn't come overnight, but it is something that can be worked on. And when I started working on it, it felt like I was trying to fool myself, it felt like I was trying to convince myself of something greater. But what happens when the beliefs you start acting upon start giving you evidence that they are working? That changes the whole experience, that changes the perspective, right? When I told myself today is gonna be a good day, despite the difficulties I'm going through, and then I wake up and I go through the day and I go through difficulties, but in the middle of going through that difficulty, I choose instead to express gratitude, to say, I'm thankful for the clothes on my back, I'm thankful for the little things. Because understand something to go from a negative mindset to a positive mindset, it's not a switch that you just flip, it's understanding that at the moment you may be far from where you wish to be and far from the character that you wish to play, but at the end of the day, you get to decide how can I, with what little I have, instead of complain, find pleasure in, find something to be grateful for. And there I was, overweight in a Section 8 home, you know, wondering what can I improve upon? What can I do better? And in that situation, you may not have much to go upon except the fact that maybe you talk to yourself a little nicer, maybe you don't complain as much as loud. Maybe instead of focusing on what went wrong, you focus on what went right. And if you don't have much that in your mind that you can be painted as things that went right, then instead focus on what could go right should you choose better. A change of perspective is the very thing that led me from point A to point B when it comes to my own personal development. And I always emphasize, excuse me, and I always emphasize on the fact that it wasn't anything magical, it wasn't anything like you know, uh luxurious. I wish that I can tell you a story of a journey and and how mystical it was and how unique it was, and you know, my top three secrets as to how I made it happen, but it just wasn't like that. It was just me alone with my thoughts, and those thoughts were depressing the crap out of me. And I said, Why do I keep talking to myself this way? Why do I keep painting the world in a negative way? And now I was reading books that said the way that you choose to see the world is the way that the world will react back to you. And I said there, like, damn, if that were true, I am the problem, and I had to sit with that reality for a little while. And eventually I couldn't allow my curiosity to just remain dormant. I had to act on it. So then I said, you know, let me try this positive thinking stuff, let me open up a journal and and write my negative thoughts down there instead of expressing them to everybody at work. Let me uh be a little bit more mindful about the conversation I'm having with myself when I'm by myself about myself and the way that I'm going through life. Uh, because I feel like I'm painting one uh of a story that's about uh uh a soul that's being tortured and and it's not fair, and things should be better, but they aren't better, and life is against me, and yada yada. And that was a story that I was telling myself. So, what do you think life was giving back to me? Life said, Wow, do you feel as if we're against you? Well, guess what? This is what you're gonna go through. And I felt it, and what I believed was gathering evidence and proving to me that my mindset was in fact attracting the very negative things I wanted to avoid at the wrong place, at the wrong time, having the wrong conversations around the wrong people, simply because I wasn't mindful about the power of that change of perspective. An attitude of gratitude is the very thing I attribute to who I am today. Uh I I say my foundation was built on gratitude. I found myself in a place where rebuilding was my only choice, where I had to dissect parts of me, and in dissecting parts of me, I had to say what is a strong foundation that will hold the things I want to create, a strong foundation that will sustain the weight of the greatness I want to experience and create in my own life. What is a good foundation to build that upon? And life told me, the books told me, experience told me with gratitude you can overcome anything, and so grateful I became and in that gratefulness I was able to experience for myself the difference of what happens when I express gratitude towards life instead of resentment towards life. I got to experience what happens when I smile instead of frowning. I experienced what happened when I stopped or thought in the middle of it, as bad as it was, and said, Whoa, don't talk to me like that. Rephrase that we can talk better to ourselves. I've done that, I've gone through that so much so that it's so hard for me to almost speak negatively out loud because I checked myself. What a blessing. Not a gift, not uh not a a talent, a skill practiced over a few years, over a long period of time, consistently. Uh, that doesn't mean it wasn't a roller coaster. Believe me, there's been times where I said, Oh, you're testing me, you are testing my gratitude. Because right now, I want to curse the world, right? That would be my train of thought. But rooted in gratitude, I remained, and from gratitude, I took action. And from that action, opportunities presented themselves. And guess what I did? I expressed more gratitude because I understood I am now becoming the kind of person that life says to, Wow, you are expressing so much joy for the things that I am giving you, despite the fact that I've put a test in front of you and another test in front of you, and another test in front of you, so much so that here's another test. But with this test comes another opportunity. Will you still express gratitude? And there I am smiling, like, oh, thank you so much, life. And life says, Damn it, I can't break this guy anymore. He's just grateful for everything. Why? Because if it's bad, I learn from it, if it's bad, I grow from it. If it's bad, it's out of my control because I'm not choosing bad. So if something bad happens in my life, I observe it and I say, How did I end up here? And what is the lesson to be learned here? How grateful can I be for this lesson that I am about to learn? And that could be a financial lesson, a health lesson, a family lesson, a relationship lesson. Despite it all, through an attitude of gratitude, I paint a perspective of of joy and forgiveness and acceptance and a lack of judgment. And instead, I I root my life on unconditional love towards everything, and despite the good or the bad that comes to me, guess what? Thank you. Thank you for everything. And through that attitude, I grow. And I don't promise you anything because everything's different. I don't know the life you walk, I don't know the path in front of you, I don't know the shoes that you have to fill, but I guarantee you one thing for sure. Which sounds like a promise if I think about it, but I digress. Through a positive mental attitude, through an attitude of gratitude, your days, despite how dark, will start to get a little bit brighter. Over time, your mind, the conversation will be a little bit nicer, a little bit more optimistic, and before you know it, you no longer have arguments with yourself about the fact that you feel incapable, about the fact that life is against you, and instead you start seeing that just like everybody else, you have an opportunity every single day, and that opportunity is to express gratitude or to express complaint, and then accept the consequences that come from each of those mindsets with the realization that at the end of it all, the person choosing to go through it is you. Think about that. That is today's episode. Thank you for being with me. As always, think before you act, think and not just listen to this and sit with it and say, Wow, that was a good episode. Really think about the things that I'm speaking about and understand that I am giving you what has worked for me. You may have to tweak it a little bit, but at the end of the day, the things I'm speaking about are not unique to me. Hundreds, hundreds, thousands of people have changed their life through simply changing a perspective from one of a pessimist to one of an optimist, from seeing the bad to understanding there's good and everything along with the bad, and you accept the bad while looking for the good, and you don't question the bad because it's just there, and you make your way around it and you become stronger from it as you continue to express your gratitude. Think about that, and until next time.