Bad Gratitude

Bad Gratitude

In another blog post I wrote about the need for acceptance to fully understand and express our gratitude.  In that post I talked about gratitude with regard to ‘positively-valenced situations in our lives.   But what about gratitude over ‘negatively-valenced’ or...
Gratitude: How To

Gratitude: How To

Typically I refrain from offering specific “how-to” steps toward a desired outcome. My mindset is usually focused on discerning and discussing principles which can then be applied to life on an individual level. I often scoff at universal “how-to’s”...
How do you keep score?

How do you keep score?

So how do you keep score? In the last post the concept of metrics came up. I think it would be worthwhile to spend some time discussing metrics: what they are, how they come about, and the implications of having (and not having) them. Let’s start with a example...
Gratitude 2.0

Gratitude 2.0

Gratitude is important.  And, yes, a bit trendy.  So I’ll jump in and share some thoughts on how to level up your gratitude game.  I recently read All Things Shining by Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly.  The book suggests that gratitude gives us a...