Leçon 1
Finding True North: Gratitude, Awareness & Stillness
With this first lesson, we will explore the relationships between gratitude, awareness, and stillness. Because gratitude is a function of both the mind and the body, our awareness plays a critical role in stopping the momentum of external factors and creating stillness, the prerequisite for gratitude.
Leçon 2
The Swamp: Navigating The Obstacles To Gratitude Part 1
In this lesson, we will begin to cover the main obstacles to building and maintaining a habit of gratitude. We will first examine the fundamental obstacles present in our lives through inherent nature - the “built-in” mechanics of both ourselves and the reality in which we exist - and then, continue to the 7 specific obstacles that we encounter in our daily lives and actions. Our goal in this lesson is to become familiar with some of these recurring obstacles and also develop actions and habits that can prevent or minimize their impact on our lives.
Leçon 3
The Swamp: Navigating The Obstacles To Gratitude Part 2
This lesson is a continuation of the previous one on navigating the obstacles to gratitude. In it, we review the remaining 5 obstacles of fatigue, scarcity, complaining, attachment, and cynicism, as well the necessary habits one must bring into awareness to create stillness and reduce or avoid their impact on creating a grateful state.
Leçon 4
Building The Cabin: Creating A Daily Gratitude Practice Part 1
This lesson is the first of three designed to help you create your own custom daily gratitude practice. We will cover five out of the twelve most powerful and simple daily habits that you can incorporate into your final plan, as well as a few examples of actions you can take in each.
Leçon 5
Building The Cabin: Creating A Daily Gratitude Practice Part 2
This is a continuation of the previous lesson on creating an effective daily gratitude practice. We will reinforce our habit of being grateful and commit to it in even deeper.
Leçon 6
Building The Cabin: Creating A Daily Gratitude Practice Part 3
This is the final lesson on creating a daily gratitude practice and in it we discuss two extra habits that are simple and powerful tools for establishing your gratitude routine. They are: finding that little something and fasting.
Leçon 7
The Secret Weapon: Generosity & The Virtuous Cycle
In this lesson, we will search for the secret weapon to creating a consistently grateful mindset which is generosity. They go hand in hand to form what is called a "virtuous cycle" - a positive self -reinforcing a system that generates a state of abundance and power through a continual loop of giving and appreciating. Our goal in this lesson is primarily to become familiar with generosity and its relationship to gratitude. We will also explore why it plays such a critical role in the development of a daily gratitude practice through the virtuous cycle.
Leçon 8
Training With The Secret Weapon: The 6 Piggy Banks Of Generosity
In this lesson, we will continue on the previous one by taking a look at the 6 major resources that we can be generous with: time, money, energy, information, trust, and control. By training yourself with generosity through these six dimensions, you will earn a keen sense of how to use it as the secret weapon for masterfully creating gratitude in your life.
Leçon 9
Sharpening Generosity: Living A Life Of Service
In this lesson, we prepare for our final topic by doing a quick review and then, looking at the important virtue of curiosity and its role in sharpening generosity into the service of others. We will also study what it takes to be successful and how success is directly related to the level of appreciation one seeks for their own experience of life.
Leçon 10
The 3 Pillars: Creating Abundant Relationships
In this final lesson, we review the three main tools we have covered in the course and apply them toward a critically important purpose - creating and maintaining abundant relationships with others. Through gratitude, generosity, and service of others, we can manifest lifelong friends, lovers, and relationships of all kinds that bring us wealth, health, and love through the virtuous cycle - saturating our life with countless reasons to be grateful and opportunities for mutual appreciation at every moment.
